COLLINGE : NEW SPECIES OF VERONICELLA. 1 79 



DESCRIPTION OF A NEW SPECIES OF 

 VERONICELLA FROM THE FIJI ISLANDS. 



By WALTER E. COLLINGE, 



The University, Birmingham. 



Some short time ago Prof. Gustave Gilson sent to me for indentifica- 

 tion, a specimen of Veronicella collected by him in the Fiji Islands. 

 Later he lias very kindly placed further material in my hands for 

 anatomical investigation. The species is a new one, and I am now 

 giving a description of it, the account of its internal structure will 

 appear elsewhere at a later date. 



I have much pleasure in associating with this new form the name 

 of Prof. Gilson. 



Veronieella gilsoni, n. sp. 



Like most species of this genus, there is little to distinguish it by 

 the external appearance. Dorsally it is a dirty yellow colour with small, 

 irregularly distributed, blackish blotches, and finely granulated. The 

 perinotum is finely indented on its marginal edge, and is a brighter 

 yellow colour than the notum ; the hypnotum is a greenish-yellow 

 colour. Foot-sole yellowish-brown, marked by a series of fine, regular, 

 transverse lines. 



Length (in alcohol) 2 3 "5 mm.; foot-sole 2-5 mm. broad ; hypnotum 

 4"5 mm. broad ; female generative orifice situated on the right side 2 

 mm. from the foot-sole, 11 mm. from the right lower tentacle, and 

 9'5 mm. from the posterior end of the body. 



Hah. — Nabukaluka, River Waidina, Viti Levu. 



Type. — In my collection. 



NOTE ON THE GAEOTIS DOUVILLEI 

 OF DE MORGAN. 



By WALTER E. COLLINGE, 



The University, Birmingham. 



In a recent part of the " Manual of Conchology " (1899, vol. xii, p. 228) 

 Dr. Pilsbry, in treating of the Genus Gaeotis writes " Gaeotis douvillei 

 de Morgan from the summit of Mount Tchabang, Perak, is doubtless 

 a Girasia allied to G. ( Africarion) ater, Godwin-Austen." On seeing 

 this statement Professor Cockerell wrote me suggesting that I should 



