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

 the ruffle not deficient in front, back mottled, branchial plumes eight. 

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

 plumes. 



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

 fimbria lata cerasimi antice angustata cincta, sanguineo et flavido 

 maculata, et lituris purpureis notata ; tentacula3 cervicales rubra? 

 recurvas, clavo conico coronatar : 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. 4-| poll. Hono- 

 lulu, Oahu. 



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

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

 superba. 



Doris sumptuosa. D. praegrandis, rotundato-ovata, transversim 

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

 violacescente flavo marginata et cerasino submarginata cincta : caput 

 parvum rotundum: tentacular labiales explanatar laeiniatar ; laciniis ad 

 12 crenulatis : tentacular cervicales clavatar, reflexar, rosaceae : stella 

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

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

 8i 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 D. 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 jjuniceo- 

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

 rubiginosis; pinnis ad 13, cibatis. Long, ll ; lat. -| poll. Vincennes 

 Island, Paumotu Group. 



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

 trorsum angustata, dilute lilacina linea, marginali et submarginali 

 saturation, et lineis dorsalibus duabus parallelis sanguineis ornata : 

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

 indico cinctar : stella branchialis parva, plumulis 6 attenuatis ad 17- 

 foliatis, foliorum paribus tribus superioribus colore indico tinctis, 

 ceteris flavidis. Long. \ ; lat. A ; alt. T V poll. On shells of Perna, 

 in the harbor of Talao, Eimeo. Coulhouy. 



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



