300 MOLLUSCA. 
Doris spiracuLata (Gould ). 
D. oblonga, antrorsum angustata, fulva, punctis aurantiacis et purpurets, 
maculis albidis dorsalibus duabus, et maculis purpureis elongatis latera- 
libus utrinque quatuor ornata: tentacule cervicales conice, recurve 
rufe: stella branchials remota, basi cupuliformi, plumulis septem-lo- 
batis (lobis plumosis ad duodecim) ad lahium sitis. Infra straminea, 
maculis rufis longitrorsum picta ; caput transversum. 
Animat large, oblong, wider behind, extremities rounded, mode- 
rately elevated. Colour pale brownish wood-colour, thickly spotted 
with orange, the series near the margin being purple; on the median 
line are two large, oval, dirty-white spots; on the submargin (each 
side) are four elongated, purple spots like spiracles, the one anterior 
to the cervical tentacles smaller, like an eye; these tentacles are horn- 
shaped, recurved ; tip not dilated, foliated, bright red-brown, tip light. 
Branchial star far behind, large, consisting of a six-lobed, membranous 
cup, on the edges of which are seated little fringed, seven-lobed plumes; 
lobes also plumose ; twelve or fourteen leaflets on each lobe, like cac- 
tus leaves. Foot not half the width of the body, nor extending to the 
ends, pale, mottled purplish, with a series of brown blotches along the 
median line; similar Spanish-brown dots in about four series sur- 
round the under side of the mantle near the foot; edge and general 
surface cream-coloured. Head short and broad, cream-coloured ; labial 
tentacles short, conical ; the foot has a distinct, transverse furrow ante- 
riorly. 
Length three and a half inches; breadth an inch and a _ half; 
height three-fourths of an inch. 
Obtained at Direction Island, one of the Feejees. 
In many respects it resembles D. cruenta, Quoy, but the spots are 
in general much smaller and more numerous, and the cup-like base 
from which the branchial plumes arise is very peculiar. 
Figures 395, 395, lateral and ventral views of the animal; 395 4, 
a plumule, enlarged. 
