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

 retrorsum angustata, lilacina maculis saturatioribus notata, granulata: 

 caput parvum: tentaculae cervicales clavatse, reflexse: stella bran- 

 chialis magna ; plumulis G, trifoliatis, foliolis profundo sinuatis. Long 



.'!.'. : hit. 1 \ poll. Honolulu, Sandwich Islands. 



Remarkable for the angular dilatations at the neck like a trilobitc, 

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



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

 angustata, dorsuosa, ex olivaceo ilavescens : tentacuhe cervicales re- 

 curvae, apicibus laminatis conicis ; t. labiales subulata: citrinse : Stella 

 branchialia magna, plumulis 6, foHatis, bipinnatifidis, acanthiformibus : 

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

 flavo-marginatum, rufo-purpureo nubeeulatum. Long. 5 ; lat. 3$ 

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



Doris aurita. D. elongata, depressa, antiee truncata, sangninea, 

 pustulis raris instructa ; tentaculis et branchiis sulphureis : tentacular 

 cervicales brevi recurvae, ad apicem oblique laminatae : Stella bran- 

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

 curtus: regio anterior fimbriis lateralibus auribus simulaiitibus, et 

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

 tata, lateritia, marginc ilavo. Long. 3£ ; lat. 1^ 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. oblohga, antrorsiun angustata, i'ulva, 

 punctis aurantiacis et purpureis maculis albidis dorsalibus duabus, et 

 maculis purpureis elongatis lateralibus utrinque 4 ornata : tentaculse 

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

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

 Infra straminea, maculis rufis longitrorsum picta ; caput transversum. 

 Loug. 3j| ; lat. l£; alt. | poll. From Direction Island, one of the 

 Feejees. 



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

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

 plumules arise is peculiar. 



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

 nisi ad frontem cincta, intense sangninea, 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) raeenuferis, racemis 5-foliatis 5-lobatis. Long. 5-1 ; lat. 4 

 poll. Fangasai Bay, Tutuilla, Samoa Island. 



