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character not present in the genus Discodoris. In this respect 

 it resembles Carminodoris, from which, however, it differs 

 strongly in other features, notably in the granular, almost vel- 

 vety notaeum. For the present I deem it best to consider it a 

 species of Discodoris until the study of further material may 

 warrant a different disposition, rather than to create for it a sep- 

 arate genus based upon this character alone. 



Some thirty or more species of Discodoris have been 

 described, mostly inhabiting the Pacific and Indian oceans. But 

 five of these, D. notha Bergh, D. muta Bergh, D. indecora Bergh, 

 D. tristis Bergh and D. edivardsi Vayssiere are from the Atlantic, 

 the first four from the Antilles, the Azores and the Cape Verd 

 Islands, the last from the Morocco coast. From all these the 

 present species may be distinguished readily. 



I take great pleasure in dedicating this new species to my 

 esteemed colleague, Professor J. C. Branner, the originator and 

 leader of the Branner-Agassiz expedition. 



Type No. 146 Invertebrate Series, Leland Stanford Junior 

 University Zoological Museum. 



