DOTO. 



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a line of tubercles with black tips runs along each side of the 

 body : foot narrow, a little arched in front, with the lateral 

 angles rounded. L. 0-4. 



HABITAT : Devonshire (Montagu) ; Guernsey (Alder) ; rare. 



3. D. CORONA'TA, Gmelin. 



Doris coronata, Gin. ed. Linn. S. N. p. 3105. Doto coronata, A. & H, 

 Brit. Nud. Moll. fam. 3, pi. 6. 



BODY rather slender, linear, yellowish-white, spotted with 

 rosecolour or purple on the back and sides : tentacles mode- 

 rately long, issuing from longish trumpet-shaped sheaths : 

 head with a slight veil, straight in front and produced at the 

 sides : branchial processes elliptical, pedunculated, with 4 or 5 

 irregular rows of tubercles and a terminal one, each with a 

 purple spot at the tip ; the papillaa are transparent, with a 

 pinkish centre inclining to brownish or yellowish ; there are 

 from 5 to 7 papilla on each side : foot linear, white, without 

 anterior angles. L. 0'5. 



HABITAT : On small zoophytes from low-water mark to deep 

 water ; common on most parts of the British coast. [I ob- 

 served it feeding on the polyparies of Tubularia indivisa, 

 J. G. J.] It is also found on the Scandinavian, Dutch, and 

 French coasts. [Nice (Verany).] 



This pretty and well-known species has been referred to 

 many genera by different authors. Included first in Doris, it 

 was transferred to Tritonia by Lamarck, to Tergipes by D'Or- 

 bigny, to Scyllcea by Bouchard-Chantereaux, and to Melibcea 

 by Johnston. 



4. D. CUSPIDA'TA, Alder and Hancock. 



D. cuspidata, A. & H. in Ann. N. H. 3rd ser. x. p. 264. 



BODY slender, white or yellowish, spotted with pink or 

 purple : head with an arched veil, produced into recurved 

 points at the sides: tentacles slender, tapering a little upwards ; 

 the sheaths trumpet-shaped, with scalloped margins : branchial 

 processes ovate -conical, with four rows of strongly pointed 



