50 'fraumrtinus uf the South African Philosojjhical Sucieti/. 



prostata of a diameter of 4 mm., the globulous spermatotheca. 

 of -2 mm. diameter. 



This form seemed to he a Diaulula and very likely a new species. 



2. Diaulula ? morosa, B. n. sp. 

 PI. v., figs. 23-2G. 



One specimen of this form was found on the shore at Mossel Bay. 



It had a length of 14 by a breadth of 6 and a height of 3 mm., the 

 height of the rhiuophores 1-5, the diameter of the gill-aperture 2-5> 

 and the height of the branchial leaves 1-5 ; the breadth of the foot 

 3-2o mm. — The back of this animal was of a uniform dark greenish 

 gray colour, the foot white. 



The form was elongate-oval, rounded behind and in front with 

 somewhat prominent brim of the villous back ; the lamellae of the 

 rhinophores not thin ; the gill consisting of 10 simply pinnate 

 leaves, protruding from the roundish gill-opening; the tentacles 

 small; the foot shorter than the back, with prominent brim. 



The back densely covered with rather low villi of a height up to 

 0-2 mm., stiffened with spicules in and often ai'ound them (tig. 23) ; 

 the skin of the back containing masses of dark pigment and many 

 spicules. 



The bulbus j^hnnjngeus 2 mm. long, whitish ; the lip disc with a 

 strong, much folded, colourless cuticle (no armature). The rasp of 

 the toiKjiie nearly colourless, with many rows of plates and many 

 plates in the series ; the plates colourless, reaching a height mostly 

 of 0016 mm., of the common hook form (fig. 24), the outermost (6) 

 very thin and slender, with short basal plate, reaching a height of 

 0-14 mm. (figs. 25, 26). 



The liver longish, 6 mm. long, clear grayish yellow. 



The anterior genital mass whitish. The penis short, pear-shaped ; 

 the glans short, conical, with yellowish cuticle. 



The geneinc position of this animal is quite uncertain ; in many 

 respects it would seem to belong to the Diaululidac, but the leaves of 

 the gill are simply pinnate. 



THORDISA, Bgh. 

 R. Bergh, System, /.c, 1892, p. 1098.— Die Opisthobranchiata d. 

 Siboga Exped., 1905, pp. 121-124. 



Thordisa punctulifera, B. n. sp. 

 PI. VI., figs. 1-4. 

 In False Bay (Rockland Point bearing NW. i, N. 2i miles) three 

 specimens were taken by large dredge, together with a species of 



