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Doris lilacina. D. magna, elongata, lateribus antice dilatatis 

 retrorsum angustata, lilacina maculis saturatioribus notata, granulata : 

 caput parvuin : tentaculae cervicales clavatae, reflexa? : stella bran- 

 cbialis magna ; plumulis 6, trifoliatis, foliolis profunde sinuatis. Long- 

 Si- ; lat. 1^ poll. Honolulu, Sandwich Islands. 



Kemarkable for the angular dilatations at the neck like a trilobite, 

 and the plumules like the leaves of Acanthus. [Actinodoris ?] 



Doris cerebralis. D. grandis, elongata, ovoidea, retrorsum 

 angustata, dorsuosa, ex olivaceo flavescens : tentaculae cervicales re- 

 curv83, apicibus laminatis conicis ; t. labiales subulatse citrinae : stella 

 branchialis magna, plumulis 6, foliatis, bipinnatifidis, acanthiformibus : 

 tubus analis curtus, pinnis ornatus : solea angusta, brevis : pallium 

 flavo-marginatum, rufo-purpureo nubeculatum. Long. 5 ; lat. 3| 

 poll. From a reef in Sandalwood Bay, Feejee Islands. 



Doris aurita. D. elongata, depressa, antice truncata, sanguinea, 

 pustuKs raris instructa ; tentaculis et branchiis sulphureis : tentaculte 

 cervicales brevi recurvae, ad apicem oblique laminatse : stella bran- 

 chialis magna, foliis 8 involutis plumosis albidis : tubus analis simplex, 

 curtus : regio anterior fimbriis lateralibus auribus simulantibus, et 

 area, inferiori (an ore ?) sulphureo marginatis insignis : solea angus- 

 tata, lateritia, margine navo. Long. 3<| ; lat. l\ poll. From a reef, 

 Sandalwood Bay, Feejee Islands. 



Generally resembles D. aurea Quoy, which has but five branchial 

 plumes. It is probable that appendages are protruded from within 

 the ear-like fringes answering to the labial tentacles. 



Doris spiraculata. D. oblonga, antrorsum angustata, fulva, 

 punctis aurantiacis et purpureis maculis albidis dorsalibus duabus, et 

 maculis purpureis elongatis lateralibus utrinque 4 ornata : tentacular 

 cervicales conicae, recurvae, rufae: stella branchialis remota, basi 

 cupuliformi, plumulis 7-lobatis (lobis plumosis ad 12) ad labium sitis. 

 Infra straminea, maculis rufis longitrorsum picta ; caput transversum. 

 Long. 3^; lat. l£; alt. % poll. From Direction Island, one of the 

 Feejees. 



In many respects resembling D. cruenta Quoy, but the spots are 

 much smaller and more numerous, and the cup from whence the 

 plumules arise is peculiar. 



Doris superba. D. magna, rotundato-ovalis, fimbria latissima 

 nisi ad frontem cincta, intense sanguinea, iridescens, punctis flavis 

 ocellatis hie illic glomeratis irrorata : caput parvum, rotundum ; ten- 

 taculis labialibus ovalibus palmatis, 7-lobatis ; tentaculis cervicalibus 

 curtis, recurvis, acutis ; stella branchialis magna, plumulis lilacinis 12 

 (paribus 6) racemiferis, racemis 5-foliatis 5-lobatis. Long. 5-|- ; lat. 4 

 poll. Fangasai Bay, Tutuilla, Samoa Island. 



