. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Zoology. Pseudoceros interruptus: A, dorsal surface of body in life; B, cephalic region of body (dorsal view). Pseudoceros interruptus (Stimpson, 1855) Kato, 1944 Inhaca I., Mozam- Eurylepta interrupta Stimpson, 1955 Locality. In front of Marine , bique, July, 1958 (V. Gabie leg.). Description (). Of this species only one specimen is available. It was fixed in Susa and 'measured cm., stretched before fixation'. In the preserved state, it is oval in outline and measures about 16 mm in length and 10 mm in maximum width.
. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Zoology. Pseudoceros interruptus: A, dorsal surface of body in life; B, cephalic region of body (dorsal view). Pseudoceros interruptus (Stimpson, 1855) Kato, 1944 Inhaca I., Mozam- Eurylepta interrupta Stimpson, 1955 Locality. In front of Marine , bique, July, 1958 (V. Gabie leg.). Description (). Of this species only one specimen is available. It was fixed in Susa and 'measured cm., stretched before fixation'. In the preserved state, it is oval in outline and measures about 16 mm in length and 10 mm in maximum width. Its ground-colour is brownish, with two dark irregular marginal bands dorsally and well separated from each other. A water-colour painting of the living worm shows the body to be elongate-oval in outline and the dorsal surface to be brownish with narrow streaks and small blotches of reddish brown. There is also a median band of grey enclosing a line of black streaks. There are also four marginal bands, the outer being white, bordering a narrow black line, which surrounds a distinct band of orange colour, with fourth or inner band of black. These marginal bands are broken at intervals by patches of white. Cerebral and tentacular eye- clusters as shown in Pharynx with five pairs of deep lateral folds. Male pore immediately posterior to pharynx and leads into a male copulatory complex bearing a penis-stylet and appears to have no features to distinguish it from other species of Pseudoceros. Female pore at about 1 mm posterior to male; uterine canals extend from vagina to a little posteriorly to middle of body and give off a few lateral branches which anastomose. Note. Pseudoceros interruptus has not previously been re- corded since it was originally described by Stimpson from 'littoral, under stones in sandy places, near island of Loo Choo' [Okinawa], Japan. That the present specimen bears a very strong resemblance to the Japanese form may be seen from a composite of the
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