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Jeffreys, 1869, contributes to this subject and says: 



Although most of the order are zoophagons, Limapontia and others of 

 a simpler kind feed on seaweeds. 



And von Ihering, 1876, p. 37, referring to Tethys states : 



haaron Kaubtliiou'^ T< llni^ eiiies solchen Schutzes ganz besonders 

 l)e(l:n-f. uiid M.n.rt ^ ersi imdlicli. wenn man den Mageninhalt desselben 

 kcmi.-ii lernl Icli Miul .IciiM'llx'ii au^^er aus Tang^tncken bestehen in 

 zi.lilreichcM Crustacean, kleiiien Ecliinodermcn und mehrmals auch 



Melihe fimhriata Aid. and Kane, is, according to Eliot, 

 1902, 



ill si.ite of its want of jaws, a most voracious animal. 

 Tliis same author says he more than once found in the 

 stomach he examined limbs of Crustacea more than an 

 inch long. And, in 1910: 



red sponges, such as Microeiona alrnHangnhiea (p. f)). 



In fact, this author thinks that most Do rids feed on 

 sponges (Eliot, 1910, p. 39). Step, 1901, referring to the 

 crowned -en ii.Nniph, Dolo coronala, says it feeds upon 

 llxrIiDid- ( s, , • iilai Kt and Plunnilaria) and Corrallines 

 (A ufciD/iildi ia (D/h'intina). The marble slug, Lomanotus 

 marniuniius, feeds upon corrallines which it closely re- 

 sembles in color and ornamentation. Eolis feeds upon 

 anemones, Sagcrtia, Lucervaria ; Sea-mats, Tiihularia, 

 various sponges and Ohelia. The crimson Hermaca 

 ( Ascoglossa), Hrrmo'a bifida, feeds on small crimson 

 weeds {Bri/opsis, Codium, Enteromorpha and Ulva). 

 A'nyssiere, 1901, p. 84, referring to TelJu/s fimbria, 

 rx.hascht, Dclle Chiaje (Synon. T. Irporiua Einne, 



