Vol. XVIII, pp. 35-54 February 2, 1905 



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A PRELIM INAKY ACCOUNT OF THE DORIDID^ OF 

 MONTEREY BAY, CALIFORNIA. 



BY F. M. MacFARLAND. 



By permission of Hon. George M. Bowers, U. S. Commissioner of Fish and Fisheries. 



For a nuinl)rr of years past the writer has been engaged upon 

 a study of the Opisthobranch Mollusca of Monterey Bay and 

 the adjacent sea coast, the results of which will soon appear in a 

 series of systematic and morphological papers upon the families 

 represented, fully illustrated by colored plates and drawings. 

 The present article is intended to serve merely as a preliminary 

 list of the species of the Dorididpe found, with sufficient data to 

 rendi'r their recognition easy l)y other students of the group. 

 ^^'hile occupying the Smithsonian table at the Naples Zoological 

 Station during the months from November to April, 1902-()o, 

 I enjoyed the opportunity of studying a large numl)er of Medi- 

 terranean Dorididie for purposes of comparison with Pacific 

 forms. My sincere acknowledgments are due to Professors 

 Dohrn, Eisig and Mayer, and to Dr. Lo Bianco and to their able 

 assistants for tlie many kindnesses shown to me while there. 

 To tlic directors of tlie Hopkins Seaside Laboratory, Pacific 

 Grove, California, Professors .Jenkins and Gilbert, I would 

 express my gratitude for the facilities afforded me and for the 

 unfailing kindly interest wliicli they have shown in my work. 



The collections upon which the present paper is based have 



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