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Ttadiata. 



The curious glaucous warty anemone (Bunodes thallia), discovered by Mr. Gosse at 

 Tenby in 1854, was not to be met with. The collectors had never seen it until I 

 showed them the plate in that gentleman's ' Actinologia,' and so I fear it is extinct on 

 the Welsh coast. It is to be found (though scarce) at llfracombe, for I have two spe- 

 cimens in ray tank which I took last summer. g It behoves amateur collectors to be 

 careful with the hammer and chisel in removing specimens of all kinds of anemones, 

 for it is to be feared that for one secured, a dozen are frequently destroyed. I speak 

 from what I have often witnessed at the coast. I have observed in my tank the pecu- 

 liar elongating of one tentacle only (mentioned by Mr. Gosse) in the following species, 

 viz., S. bellis, S. rosea, S. venusta, S. Troglodytes and S. miniata. Is it possible that 

 Nature intended this as a means of assisting the creature to procure food ? for I often 

 notice that it quickly sweeps to the mouth any passing atom brought by the water in 

 syringing. I was fortunate in capturing a very beautiful specimen of the Portuguese 

 man-o'-war (Physalia caravella), with its attendant satellites, two Velellae, on the 

 Eidge before mentioned. I gave them to my friend the Rev. T. N. Hutchinson, but 

 they survived only a day. They were the first taken at Tenby during the season, but 

 Mr. Gosse, in a recent letter to me, says that " they occur on the coast round Torquay 

 nearly every summer," and that " two have come under my notice this season." My 

 old friends the S. Sphyrodeta (the spontaneous fission of which is described at Zool.7977, 

 but by an error therein called S. nivea) are well and thriving. The eight specimens 

 which I received from llfracombe in August, 1861, have increased to thirteen, and so 

 well and healthy are they, and of adult size too, that it is not possible to distinguish 

 those which have spontaneously divided from their entire fellow captives. — W. R. 

 Hughes ; The General Hospital, Birmingham, September 5, 1862. 



Collecting Sea Anemones. — Would you kindly allow me a small space in your valu- 

 ale journal (the 'Zoologist') fully to indorse the opinion of your correspondent, Mr. 

 W. R. Hughes, with regard to Jenkins and his son, of Church Street, Tenby. Last 

 year I spent seven weeks at that place, and by the aid of Jenkins and his son I 

 collected nearly all the same specimens of sea anemones mentioned by Mr Hughes, 

 together with collections of shells and ferns (living and fossil), and have at all times 

 found them just what Mr. Hughes says, most honest, civil and attentive men. But 

 my present object in addressing you is to say that since I left Tenby I always have 

 my sea anemones direct from Jenkins, and to ask some of your correspondents who are 

 equally interested in the keeping of sea-water aquariums to do likewise, as they would 

 by so doing not only forward an act of charity to a very poor but honest family, but 

 would find themselves in possession of a very interesting collection of anemones. The 

 last letter I had from Jenkins he bitterly complained of the way in which several of 

 our Loudon dealers in aquaria had treated him, some not forwarding his money at all, 

 others only either after long intervals or until he had to pay a lawyer to get it for 

 him. — Frederick Neivton; 12, St. Paul's Church Yard, October 3, 1862. 



[Although I shall always be willing to recommend a worthy man, I must caution 

 my contributors against using the * Zoologist ' as a means of advertising: other col- 

 lectors not thus recommended will consider it hard to have to pay for their advertise- 

 ments. — Edward Newman]. 



