Ceylon Nudibranchiate Molluscs, and Zoophytes. 95 



white colour, and spotted black. Mantle coriaceous, granular ; 

 of an ivory white colour, and ornamented with jet black spot- 

 ted circles and half rings or imperfect annular spotted figures. 

 Dorsal tentacles large, clavate ; apex black, laminated, without 

 sheaths. Oral tentacles linear; white, tip black. Branchial 

 plumes 6, large and drooping, tripinnate; white and shaded 

 lavender grey ; midribs of a dark brown colour. Foot waxy 

 white ; spotted irregularly on the margin of edges with small 

 and large linear spots. 



This elegant funereal looking Doris is, with the mantle, 

 about 2| inches long, and 1^ broad. Karely seen. Lives 

 for a long time in the aquarium. Deposits its ova in broad 

 convoluted bands, which, when uncoiled, measure nearly 18 

 inches in length. A pair kept in the aquarium were seen to 

 spawn in July. While one was depositing the band of ova 

 on the side of the glass globe, the other kept watch, as it were, 

 by moving in a circle round the former. The whole process 

 lasted about half an hour. 



The spots and markings of some specimens were of a dark 

 brown colour. In others the spots were of an auburn colour. 



Doris Gleniei. Kel 



Semi-gelatinous. Body nearly 1-| inch long. Mantle 

 broad, shorter than foot, — above, white, with a pinkish yellow 

 shade; a large irregularly waved deep golden coloured patch 

 on the back, bordered and spotted with purplish red. 



The under surface of fore part of mantle, of a beautiful 

 light purple colour. There is also a purple line on each side 

 of the white body. Dorsal tentacles white, with golden co- 

 loured laminae ; long, conical and pointed. Oral tentacles short, 

 white. Branchial plumes 7 to 9, short, lanceolate, pinnated ; 

 white, bordered with" golden yellow. Foot pinkish white ; 

 edge pure white. 



