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blood towards the margin. Tlie surface is covered with vibrillse, so that 

 thej must be used in breathing, although tlie general surface may be 

 adapted to this function. 



Fam. 4. PlacJiohranchicke, Founded upon the single genus Flacho- 

 hranchus of Van Ilasselt. The body has broad lateral expansions used as 

 swimming organs, and these, and also the back, are covered with branchial 

 lamellie. The expansions can be turned upwards, and their margins made 

 to meet over the back. P. ocellatus, two inches long, was found at 

 Java. 



Ordek 5. Ckypsibranchia (also known by the inadmissible name of 

 TectibrancJiia). The branchine are unsymmetrical, composed of leaves 

 more or less divided, and they are covered by the upturned mantle. These 

 animals are monoicous, and are comprised in the two families AplysiidcB 

 and Bullidw. 



Ajjlysia {pi. ^iT.^jig. 18) was named lepus marinus by the ancient authors, 

 and many fables entered into its history. The shape is not much unlike 

 that of a naked snail, but the body is larger posteriorly. There are two 

 pair of tentacles, the anterior ones being the largest, and of sucli a form (in 

 connexion with that of the body) as to suggest the name of sea liare for the 

 animal. The branchiae are in a cavity protected by an operculum 

 containing a thin corneous body, which is a rudimentary shell, and 

 have their parietes composed of interlaced fibres ; they are pierced with 

 numerous small holes through which the blood may escape into the stomach, 

 •and the vascular system receive the liquid products of digestion. 



The species of Aplysia are found upon the coasts of continents and 

 islands at no great depth, some crawling upon rocks or hiding in their 

 crevices ; others hiding in the mud or sand, but with the branchial siphon 

 exposed. Their food is marine plants or animals. The shell in the difterent 

 species varies in texture, some approaching the solid shell of Dolabella^ and 

 the change is so gradual, that Eang, the chief authority upon these genera, 

 considers the latter genus merely a section of Aplysia. 



Fam. 2. Bullidce. The chief genera of this family are the allied Bulla, 

 with the shell external ; and J3ulla?a with the shell internal. In Bidla {B. 

 p7iysis,pl. 76, Jig. 3) the tentacles are wanting, the shell is thin in texture, 

 subglobular, more or less completely enrolled, and having the aperture the 

 entire length of the shell. 



Order 6. Hypobranchia (also incorrectly named Inferobranclda). This 

 order is named from the position of the branchiae under the margin of the 

 mantle. It contains three families, represented by the genera Pkyllidia, 

 Fleurobranchus, and Umbrella. 



Fam. 1. PhyllidiidcB. DiphylUdia {pi. 7-^, jig. 19) is oblong oval, with 

 a coriaceous rough integument, forming a prominent lateral border. The 

 branchiae surround the body, and are in the form of transverse lamelloe: there 

 are four tentacles, two of which are superior and retractile, 



Fam. 2. PleurdhrancliidcE. In Pleurobranchus the branchiae resemble a 

 fringe formed of laminse, on each side of a medial branch placed in a groove 

 upon the right side between the mantle and foot. The animal is shaped 

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