Dr. E. F. Kelaart on new species of Ceylonese Mollusea. 308, 



Doris con'ugata, Kel. 



Body nearly 1 inch long, oval, whitish. Mantle coriaceous, cor- 

 rugated, and studded with small tubercles ; those on the sides 

 larger, and each with a spiae \ of a pale watery-green colour, 

 black-spotted under surface, also greenish, and spotted with 

 small dots. Dorsal tentacles short, open, gi-eenish, lamellated. 

 Branchial plumes grey, seven or eight, short, pinnated. Foot 

 pale green, narrow, shorter than mantle. Oral tentacles short, 

 triangular, pointed. 



I have seen only one live specimen of this curious Doris. 



Doris picia, Kel. 



Coriaceous. Body 2^ inches long. Mantle large, oval, entirely 

 covering the foot; upper surface granular, of a yellowish- 

 brown colour, splashed with large and small irregular brick- 

 red spots ; under surface white, and near the body painted with 

 small and large bright-red spots. Dorsal tentacles clavate, 

 laminated, slightly truncated ; sheaths large, granular. Oral 

 tentacles long, pointed, white, spotted with red. Foot broad, 

 shorter than mantle, white. 



This remarkably painted Doris is found in deep water. Occa- 

 sionally it burrows in the sand, where it lies for hours, its plumes 

 and dorsal tentacles alone being uncovered. 



Doris bellicosa, Kel. 



Coriaceous. Body 2^ inches long. Mantle large, oval; upper, 

 surface granular and covered with small spines; of a dull 

 brick-red or chocolate colour, and irregularly streaked with 

 pale yellow; under surface of mantle white, splashed and 

 spotted with chocolate. Branchial plumes six, large, bipin- 

 nated, of a dull rose-colour, and speckled with yellow in small 

 specimens. Dorsal tentacles with small, clavate, pointed apex. 

 Oral tentacles white, short, pointed. Foot broad, oval, of a 

 dark red colour, with a pale whitish edge. 



Found in deep water in the Inner Harbour of Trincomalee. 

 The mantle of this species much resembles that of D. picta; but 

 its spines and chocolate-coloured foot sufficiently distinguish it 

 from that species, which has a white foot and beautifully 

 painted under-side of mantle. They live for many months in a 

 vivarium. 



Doris castanea, Kel. 

 Carneous. Body 1^ inch long. Mantle thick, granular and 

 tubercular, of a reddish chestnut colour. Dorsal tentacles 

 red, short, laminated ; tip produced, whitish. Oral tentacles 



