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Color pale pinkish flesh, passing into white toward the mar- 

 gins, which are edged with a more or less broken bright red line. 

 All the specimens observed were marked with a single red spot 

 on the dorsal region, a short distance posterior to the middle. 

 Cervical tentacles and plumules on their upper half bright 

 red. 



Under surface same as the upper, but somewhat paler. 



Length, three quarters of an inch. 

 Habitat, Island Maiao. 



Chromodoris inornata, Pease. Plate 8, fig. 3. 



Animal flaccid, subpellucid, elongate oblong, convexly rounded, 

 smooth, rounded and dilated in front, rounded behind. Cervical 

 tentacles large, oblique, on stout peduncles, coarsely lamellated, 

 obtusely mucronate, and retractile into simple cavities. 



Branchial star small, inserted far posteriorly, composed of 

 seven arborescent, lanceolate, pinnate plumules, which are retrac- 

 tile into a simple cavity. Vent prominent. Labial tentacles 

 stout, conical. Foot much elongated, narrow, tapering posteri- 

 orly, and extending some distance beyond the mantle. 



Color cream white, margined with orange and dotted with 

 purple. Branchiae colorless. Cervical tentacles orange. On 

 the under surface the dorsal markings may be seen through the 

 pellucid body. 



Length, one and a half inches. 



Habitat, Island of Huaheine. 



Chromodoris lentiginosa, Pease. Plate 9, fig. 1. 



Animal flaccid, pellucid, smooth, depressly convex, oblong, 

 somewhat dilated and rounded in front, and rather acutely 

 rounded behind. Cervical tentacles well developed, sub-erect, 

 oblong ovate, finely and closely lamellate, peduncles stout, retrac- 

 tile into tubular cavities. Labial tentacles short, stout and 

 finger-shaped. Branchial star small, not as wide as the body, 

 composed of six narrow, lanceolate, pinnate plumules, which 

 decrease in size posteriorly, projecting obliquely upward and 

 backwards, and retractile into a common cavity. Foot elongate, 

 narrow, slightly dilated anteriorly, obtusely rounded and fissured 

 in front, tapering posteriorly to an acute tip, and projecting far 

 behind the body. 



Color. The mantle has a widely diffused pale orange red 

 margin, marked with a regular series of purple dots ; a cream 

 colored line traverses each side of the back, passing around the 



