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elongate, tapering posteriorly to a point far behind the mantle. Colour above bright 
yellow, becoming white at the margins} which are bordered irregularly with purple; 
four oblong dots of the same colour in front of the dorsal tentacles. Dorsal tentacles 
purple.on the outer portion. Branchial plumes edged with the same colour.') 
Length 1 inch 3 lines. 
This Doris possesses the same habit of vibrating its branchial plumes as the 
Doris vibrata.* 
2. Chr. pieta (Prase). ?) 
Doris pieta, PEASE. 1. c. p. 29. 
Hab. Oec. pacif. (Ins. Sandwich) 
Taf. G. Fig. 35. 
„Form, when at rest, oval; soft, similarly rounded at both extremities, and con- 
vexely rounded above. Mantle not concealing the foot, rather widest in the middle, and 
the margins thin and very slightly undulated. Branchiae small, suberect, curving cen- 
trally, 10 isn number, decreasing in size posteriorly, eneireling the vent. — Dorsal ten- 
tacles rather small, ovate, with short peduncles. — Colour white, with small irregular 
white spots. Obsolete yellow spots along the margin, which, as well as the foot, is 
bordered with orange. The angular edges of the branchiae edged with carmine Ten- 
tacles tipped with orange. 
Length 1 inch 6 lines.“ 
3. Chr. albopustulosa (Prase). 
Doris albopustulosa, P. 1. ec. p. 30. 
Hab. Oe. pacific. (Ins. Sandwich) 
Taf. G. Fig. 6, 7. 
„When at rest, of an oblongo-ovate form, soft. Mantle rounded at both extremities, 
edges thin and undulated and coneealing the foot; the upper surface is covered with 
white depressed, irregular-shaped and unequal-sized pustules, which do not quite reach 
tlıe margins. Branchial plumes 6, rather small, erect, incurved, pinnate, surrounding the 
vent —. Dorsal tentacles somewhat large, oblong-ovate, coarsely and obliquely lamel- 
lated —. Head is prominent. — Colour above lemon-yellow, pustules white, and the 
margins of the mantle edged with purple. Dorsal tentacles reddish-brown, with white 
lamellae. Branchiae white. Foot and beneath the mantle white. 
Length 1 inch.* ü 
1) Die Farbenangaben des Textes stimmen nicht ganz mit denen der Figuren. 
2) Die Chromod. pieta (Scuunzz) ist mit der Chr. elegans (Caxre.) synonym. Vergl. 1. c. XXV. 1878. p. 6. 
