REPORT ON THE SLUGS. 435 



III. SPECIES FROM THE NEW HEBRIDES. 



1. V. briinnea, sp. nov. (PL XLI. Figs. 18—23). 



Hab. Esafate, one specimen. 



This is a very interesting form, and I regret, owing to lack of material, not to 

 be able to give a fuller account of its anatomy. 



Externally it is a deep brown with small black blotches sparingly distributed over 

 the dorsum (notum), the perinotum is very prominent and much darker in colour. 

 I know of no other species of Veronicella in which the perinotum is so prominent 

 and so well defined, standing out quite distinct from either the notum or hypuotum. 

 My knowledge of the genus is not a wide one, so possibly this is a feature met Avith 

 in other species, still I find no mention of it in any of the species described by 

 Semper or Simroth. The hypnotum is rather lighter in colour and free of any markings ; 

 foot-sole yellowish-brown, and marked by a series of transverse divisions. 



Length (in alcohol) 18.5 mm.; foot-sole 3 mm. broad; hypnotum 4o mm. broad; 

 female generative orifice on the right side 1"5 mm. from the foot-sole, 10'.5 mm. from 

 the right lower tentacle and 7 mm. from the posterior end of the body. 



The only parts I have examined anatomically are the digestive system and pedal 

 gland. The former, excepting in the position of the looiDS of the intestine and stomach, 

 calls for no special mention. All the loops are imbedded in the lobes of the liver, 

 those visible on the dorsal surface being the anterior portion of loop 2, and nearly 

 the whole of loop 3 (PI. XLI. Fig. 19). At the posterior portion of the stomach, and 

 on the ventral side, is a small bean-shaped glandular body, connected by a series of 

 fine ducts (PL XLI. Figs. 20 — 22). I have not previously met with any similar 

 body in any other species of Veronicella. Possibly it functions as a digestive gland. 



The pedal gland commences as a wide thin non-glandular (?) sac, lying free in the 

 body cavity, giving place in the posterior half to a narrower glandular part. At its 

 extreme end it makes a bend to the right side (PL XLI. Fig. 23). 



2. V. leydigi, Simr. 



Hab. Esafate, two specimens. 



I have nothing to add to the admirable account given by Simroth' of this species. 

 One specimen is immature. 



3. V. hedleyi, Simr. 



Hab. Esafate, one specimen. 



This specimen agrees in nearly all particulars with the figure made by Hedley 

 and given by Simroth ^ 



1 T. c, pp. 865—899. - T. c, Taf. slix, fig. 7. 



