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Show 1877.] ANTHOBRANCHIATE NUDIBRANCHIATE MOLLUSCA. 201 merely the evanescent colours being given, that it is sometimes matter of doubt whether they belong to the genus at all. Such being the case, no accurate synoptical table of the species can be formed in the present state of our knowledge. List of Species1. 1. DORIS HEMPRICHII. Asteronotus hemprichii, Ehrenberg, Symb. Phys., An. evert. excl. insect. (1831). Hab. Red Sea (Massowah). 2. D. CRUENTA, Quoy & Gaimard, Voy. de l'Astrol. Zool. ii. p. 260, pl. 18. f. 5-7 (1832). Actinodoris cruenta, Gray. Doris (Argus) cruenta, Morch. Hab. New Guinea. 3. D. CRUENTATA. Asteronotus cruenta, "Alder, MS.," Gray, Fig. Moll. An. iv. t. 226. f. 2(1850). Hab. Torres Straits. 4. D. ANGUSTIPES. Boris (Argus) angustipes, Morch, Journ. de Conchyl. 3e ser. iii. p. 32 (1863). Hab. St. Thomas. 5. D. SOLEA, Cuvier, Ann. du Mus. iv. p. 465, pl. 74. f. 1, (1804). Doris semelle, De Blainville. Hab. Mauritius. 6. D. SCABRA, Cuv. I. c. p. 466. Actinodoris scabra, Gray. Hab. Timor, Tonga, New Guinea. 7. D. FORSTERI, De Blainv. Bull. Sc. Soc. Phil, annee 1816, p. 94. Hab. Atlantic. 8. D. PUNCTATA, Quoy & Gaim. /. c. p. 262, pl. 18. f. 3-10. Actinodoris punctata, Gray. Hab. New Zealand. i I commenced by placing the species next to each other according to their affinities; but for reasons just alluded to, this cannot always be done; hence except in some cases, it does not follow in this and in the following lists that the forms arranged close together are always those most nearly resembling one another. |