124 ' JOURNAL B. A. S, (CEYLON.) [Vol. III. 



Genus. Penula, n. g. KeL 



Animal gelatinous, flattened like Planaria, but without any 

 appearance of tentacular appendages. Mouth placed beneath, 

 near the central third of body. Eye spots on anterior third ol 



back. 



Ruppel figures one species of this form in his work on 

 Abyssinia, 



Penula ocellata. KeL 



Upper surface pale yellowish-brown, with dark-brown ocellated 

 spots. Beneath, pale-buff. Length 2 inches. 



Penula punctata. KeL 



White- Above minutely punctulated with reddish-brown, 

 About If inch long. 



Penula fulva. KeL 



Yellowishj striated transversely. 

 Length 2^ inches. 



Penula alba, KeL 



White throughout. 



Length 1^ inch. Narrow. Ova of all the species whitish. 

 Several other species, I have no doubt, will be yet obtained 

 from Ceylon. 



As these pages are going through the press, I have returned 

 from Calcutta, and I am now preparing for the Pearl Fishery 

 at Aripo, where I hope to obtain many curious forms of 

 Zoophytes. 



