WORM8. M0LLU8CA. 13. Actinia. 131 



times opake, often pellucid: divisions of the aperture white, rufous, 

 or orange. 



51. A. effcjtta. Nearly cylindrical, angularly grooved 

 longitudinally, crenate at the base, with numerous 

 pointed cirri. 



A. maculata. Linn. Trans, v. p. 8. 



Body dull red helow, tranfparent white above with red fpot», more 

 expanded at the bafe. 



52. A. anemonoides. Nearly cylindrical, rather short, 

 red: interior tentacula ramified, outer-ones conic, 

 obtuse. 



Rocky coasts. Shaw Nat. Mifcel. tab. 26, 27. 



Body with a triple concentric row of tentacula, of a yellow colour 

 varied with red ; stomach pale yellow, with red and pale fea-green 

 stripes. 



53. A. truncata Pale reddish-yellow, conic, pellucid, 

 glabrous. 



The ocean. Dicguem Philofoph. Trans. 63. t. 17. f. 13. 



54. A. Caryophillus^ Red-brown, with small pencil-form 

 tentacula. 



Martin's Marine Worms. \.p. i.tab. ujig.u 



55. A. Cereus. Brown, longitudinally grooved t cirri nu- 

 merous, slender, unretractile, sea-green with rosy 

 tips. 



Cornish coaft. Philofoph. Trans. 52. tab. \.f. 1. 



Body marked with trifurcated grooves, pale chefnut : cirri long, 

 slender, from 120 to 200 in number. 



56. A. Bellis. Red with white warts : head resembling" 

 the calyx of a flower: cirri short, retractile, varie- 

 gated. 



Cornish coast. Phil. Trans. 52. tab. \.f. 2. 



Stem fmooth, foft, inclining to carnation, with white warts chan- 

 ging towards the border of the cup into purple and at last dark 

 brown : cirri in feveral rows, pellucid, unequal, of various colours $ 

 disk stellate, compofed of variegated rays of brown yellow grey and 

 white. 



$7. A. gemmacea. Pale red, longitudinally striate, with 

 numerous miliary glands down the stria3 : disk sur- 

 rounded with short petal-like projections which are 

 invested with cirri. 



Cornish coast. PhiL Trans. 52. tab. \.f. 4. 



Body cylindrical, pale red near the bafe, the rest yellow mixed 

 with grey : glands of the middle row white, the others the colour 

 of the stem : tentacula retractile, whitish, varied at the upper-part 

 with feveral brown tranfverfe lines and brown fpots 



58. A. Mesembryanthemum. Dull crimson, short, thick 

 smooth, with retractile cirri ; the edge of the disk 

 surrounded with a single row of tubercles. 



Rocky shores. Phil. Trans. 52. tab \.f. 5. 



Body when clofed refembling a button : cirri red, blue, white, or 

 variegated; tubercles shining, varying in colour. 



59. A. Dianthus. Smooth, nearly cylindrical; the disk 

 5-lobed and foliaceous, with small white cirri : mouth 

 elevated ahd striate. 



Rocky coasts. Phil, Trans. 57. tab. 19. t. 8. 



Body feated on a short thick stalk, pendulous, and wh&ji filofed 

 refembling a froall whitish fig, 



