livid brown. It is an animal of a disagreeable smell, 
and, when handled, is said to discharge a fluid of an 
acrimonious nature, which causes a degree of redness 
and inflammation on the skin: this however is a 
particular which is by no means confined to the ge¬ 
nus Aplysia, but takes place in a still greater degree 
in several other animals belonging to the tribe Mol- 
luscct. The Aplysia dcpiians is chiefly found about 
the coasts of the Mediterranean. 
