52 EOLIDIDJJ. 



4 anterior ones rather close together, the rest more distant : 

 foot slender, with the anterior angles produced and rather 

 obtuse. L. O5. 



HABITAT: Devonshire (Montagu); Weymouth [in 6 f.] 

 (Thompson) ; Salcombe Bay (Hincks). 



This beautiful Eolis had not been met with since it was first 

 described by Montagu, until Mr. Wm. Thompson fortunately 

 dredged it in Weymouth Harbour in 1858. The Eev. T. 

 Hincks met with it at Salcombe in the following year. 



32. E. VI'RIDIS, Forbes. 



Montagua viridis, Forb. in Ann. N. H. 1st ser. v. p. 106, pi. 2. f. 12. E. 

 viridis, A. & H. Brit. Nud. Moll. fain. 3, pi. 32. 



BODY slender, white, slightly tinged with green : dorsal ten- 

 tacles rather long, smooth, greenish-white : oral tentacles nearly 

 as long as the dorsal pair, set on the upper surface of the lip : 

 branchial processes nearly linear, rather stout, bright bluish - 

 green varying to grass-green, with darker granules and opaque- 

 white spots ; tips opaque-white ; they are set in 10 rather 

 distant rows, the first 4 being rather closer than the rest: 

 foot with the anterior angles a little produced and obtuse. 

 L. 0-3. 



HABITAT : Isle of Man and Cornwall (Forbes) ; Saltcoats 

 and Portincross, Ayrshire (D. Landsborough, jun.); Burg- 

 head (Murray). 



33. E. PURPURASCENS, Fleming. 



Eolida purpurascens, Flem. Phil. Zool. ii. p. 470, pi. 4. f. 2. Eolis pur- 

 purascens, A. & H. Brit. Nud. Moll. p. 51 and App. p. xi. 



BODY slender, pink : dorsal tentacles linear : oral tentacles 

 very short : branchial processes subclavate or filiform ; set in 



5 rows of 3 papillae each. L. 1. 



HABITAT : Firth of Tay (Fleming). 



The above description contains all we know of this species, 

 which has not been met with since its discovery by Dr. Fleming. 



