th< tentacula are but (lightly touched, the animal in. 

 ftantly contracts itfelf into a conoid Ihape again, fas at 



Fig* i 



] have fometimes taken this fpecies of Acftinia from 

 its native rot k, and have obferved that alter fome nine, 

 when it grew languid, it protruded in a mofl extraor- 

 dinary manner almofl the whole of its interior pans or 

 vifcera, in the form of an inflated membrane of a pale 



yellow Colour, and llnped very elegantly with raws of 

 red anil pale fea-|>Teen. (Fig\ .j.) In this (late it does 



nor protrude any of the central or branchy tentacula, 



but the lows of lateral oiu^ are protruded all round the 



circumference. The Adtiniae are viviparous annuals, 



and experiments have been made on lomrol the (pe- 



cies of this genus t which prove, that they are capable 

 of being cut (with proper care) into feveral parts, each 



of which by degrees beeomes complete. 



