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ACTINIA TEMPLETONII. Body columnar, tuber- 
cular ; disc festooned ; tentaoula numerous and short. 
Actinia dianthus, Templeton in Mag. Nat. Hist., vol- 
p. 304. 
Hab. In narrow deep crevices between tide mar 
common. Whitsand bay, Looe, Talland sand, Polp err ’ 
Lantivet, and Mcvagissey bays. Fowey. j 
This, though not an abundant, is a common species, fo 11 ’ 1 
in pools the whole length of our South coast. It is highly 
garious, the animals living in close contact with each otf» j 
It prefers those crevices which are narrow and deep, in p°° j 
containing fragments ot stones and Corallina officinalis , ^ 
is not unfrequently to be found in spots of an opposile cb 
racter. Into these recesses it readily withdraws from dang 
or alarm. When thus contracted, it is entirely out of sig 11 ' 
and almost out of reach. Thus situated, it is neccssarj 
break down the surrounding rock to procure a specim® ’ 
It will occasionally leave these retreats and wander by * 
almost imperceptible gliding motion of the foot disc over 
whole pool. . j, 
In a contracted state it is hemispherical, expand 1 
columnar, varying in length according to the depth of 
retreat. Externally it is coriaceous and irregularly g‘ il , 
dular ; superiorly it is of a neutral tint inclining to pi 11 ^ 
inferiorly, of a yellowish flesh colour, and most cornmo'b. 
smooth. The oral margin is festooned, and the surface 
varigated like A. dianthus. )S 
This and A. dianthus have hitherto been considered J 
forming one species; but the surface of one is coriaceous 8 j 
tubercular, and of the other plain and smooth. This a®, 
their difference of habit appear to be sufficient grounds f°V 
specific distinction. Both have been found living in one p° , 
with all these differences ; therefore locality alone cao' 
be said to be the cause of the variations. This is the s ;U j 
as the one mentioned by the late Mr. Templeton of lrel 8 
and supposed by Dr. G-. Johnston to be distinct fron> 
dianthus. |0 
As there is little doubt of its being distinct, I propoS 6 
call it Templetonii in honor of that deceased naturalist. ., 
ACTINIA PARASITICA. (R. C.) Body cylindrij 
skin coriaceous, sprinkled with minute warts; tenta L 
short, in six or seven series, varied. PI. xv., fig. 1, 2. ^ 
The body, when the animal is expanded, is columnar, 
a hard coriaceous skin sprinkled with minute warts u 
alternately striped with yellow and brown. The tenta® f 
arc about one-third the diameter of the oral disc ; 1-8 
slender ; mouth generally elevated into a cone. Thi* 1 
