314 Messrs. Alder and Hancock on a new genus and 



tractile, large and spreading, bipinnate, the central stem large 

 and lying flat on tlie back. Head covered by a broad veil, pro- 

 jecting frequently a little beyond the cloak in front. Foot large 

 and thick, rounded before, and extending to a blunt point consi- 

 derably beyond the cloak behind; the sides rather high. Length 

 nearly an inch. 



One specimen was dredged near Berry Head in Torbay. 

 Doris oblonga. Body rather convex, oblong-ovate, tapering 

 behind. Cloak pale straw-coloured, freckled and spotted with 

 umber-brown, densely spiculose, covered with moderate-sized, 

 nearly equal fconical papillse. Tentacles rather thick and finely 

 laminated, without sheaths. Branchial plumes seven, shortish 

 and not much spreading, surrounded by a circle of large tubercles. 

 Head fm-nished with a large veil. Foot narrowish, straight and 

 slightly notched in front, not extending beyond the cloak behind. 

 Length nearly half an inch. 

 Obtained with the last. 



Goniodoris castanea. Body ovate, rather broad and flattish, of 

 a reddish brown hue, covered with soft warty tubercles. Head 

 bilobed, deeply sinuated in the centre, arched and terminating 

 in* tentacular points at the sides. Cloak small, warty, the margin 

 reflected all round ; interrupted behind. An elevated waved ridge 

 runs down the centre of the back, intersected by a small trans- 

 verse one about half-way down. Dorsal tentacles small, very 

 broadly laminated and truncated at the apex. Branchial plumes 

 eight or nine, rather large, purplish brown, bipinnate, forming a 

 complete circle round the vent. A waved tubercular ridge ex- 

 tends down to the tail, which is rather obtuse. Foot broad, ex- 

 tending much beyond the cloak, with a deep notch under the 

 mouth in front, and rounded at the sides ; yellowish with a tinge 

 of purple. The upper surface tuberculated like the rest of the 

 body, the prominent parts being blotched with opake white. 

 Length three-quarters of an inch. 



Under stones at low-water mark near the ruins of Salcombe 

 Castle, Devonshire. 



Eolis glauca. Body rather depressed, oblong, tapering to a 

 fine point behind, of a pale brick-red, more intense towards the 

 head. Dorsal tentacles moderately long and rather slender, ta- 

 pering. Oral tentacles about the same length as the dorsal ones, 

 set wide apart, whitish with a tinge of red. Branchiae numerous, 

 rather stout, vermicular, tapering at the ends and depressed to- 

 wards the base ; of a pale sage-green colour, speckled with brown 

 and opake white, and frequently with a reddish tinge near the 

 apex ; arranged in about fourteen transverse rows on each side, 

 leaving a bare space for about half-way down the back ; the front 

 rows divided into clusters of two or three rows each. Foot pel- 



