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Of the size and color of D. Sandwickensis Souleyet, which is less red, 

 the ruffle not deficient in front, back mottled, branchial plumes eio-ht. 

 Agrees with D. flammulata Quoy, except in the labial tentacles and 

 plumes. 



Doris cardinalis. D. grandis, rotundato-ovalis, sub-lobata, 

 fimbria lata cerasinfi antice angustata cincta, sanguineo et flavido 

 maculata, et lituris purpureis notata ; tentacular cervicales rubra? 

 recurvae, clavo conico coronatas : Stella branchialis magna, complexa, 

 plumulis 6 dendriticis, 3-ramosis ; ramusculis numerosis rosaceis : pes 

 elongatus, papaveraceus : caput parvum, rotundum, rosaceum ; tenta- 

 culis labialibus explanatis latis, cordatis. Long. 6 lat. 41 poll. Hono- 

 lulu, Oahu. 



Much like D. Sandwickensis above, but the branchiae and cervical 

 lobes are different. It is intermediate between D. sumjituosa and D. 

 superba. 



Doris sumptuosa. D. prargrandis, rotundato-ovata, transversiin 

 3-constricta, ex cerasino purpurascens flavo-punctata, fimbria lata 

 violacescente flavo marginata et cerasino submarginata cincta : caput 

 parvum rotundum : tentacular labiales explanatar laciniatar ; laciniis ad 

 12 crenulatis : tentacular cervicales clavatar, reflexse, rosacea; : stella 

 branchialis magna, plumulis numerosis 3-foliatis biseriatis, foliis ser- 

 ratis, pedunculatis : pes angustus, dilute rosaceus. Long. 10£ ; lat. 

 8£ poll. Obtained at Tonga Islands. 



Much the largest species yet made known, and well distinguished 

 by its labial appendages, violaceous ruffle, and its profusion of ex- 

 panded plumules. In size, general form, and color, it is like 1). mar- 

 ginata Quoy. 



[This species, with D. superba and D. cardinalis belongs to the 

 genus Heptabranchus Ehrenberg.] 



Doris aspersa. D. parva, elongato-ovata, retrorsum angustata, 

 depressa, margaritacea ad limbum flavescens, confertim puniceo- 

 punctata: stella branchialis parva; plumulis 8 lanceolatis, pinnatis, 

 rubiginosis; pinnis ad 13, ciliatis. Long. 1^; lat. i poll. Viucennes 

 Island, Paumotu Group. 



Doris [Goniodoris] dorsalis. D. parva, gracilis, elliptica, re- 

 trorsum angustata, dilute lilacina lineit marginali et submarginali 

 saturatiori, et lineis dorsalibus duabus parallelis sanguineis ornata : 

 tentacular labiales parvar ; t. cervicales clavatar, cinerear aurantio et 

 indico cinctar : stella branchialis parva, plumulis 6 attenuatis ad 1 7- 

 foliatis, foliorum paribus tribus superioribus colore indico tinctis, 

 ceteris flavidis. Long. |; lat. 1 ; alt. t V poll. On shells of Perna, 

 in the harbor of Talao, Eimeo. Couthouy. 



By two bright-red lines along the back, and the indigo-barred ten- 



