Ceylon Nudibranchiate Molluscs, and Zoophytes. 101 

 Doris Papillosa. Kel \/ 



Body | inch long, white, brown spotted. Mantle coria- 

 ceous, covered with large papillae, each rising from a circular 

 tubercular base, or ring. Buff, and spotted dark reddish 

 brown ; a row of larger spots round the margin. A dark 

 brown line runs from base of tentacles to branchiae. Dorsal 

 tentacles large, apex clavate, laminated, of a light green 

 colour, speckled white. Oral tentacles short, linear. Foot 

 whitish and spotted with rusty brown; shorter than mantle. 

 Branchial plumes 6; short, tripinnated. Posterior three 

 plumes rusty coloured ; anterior ones whitish. 



This species resembles Doris rufopunctata, but its green 

 dorsal tentacles, and papillose tubercles on mantle, sufficiently 

 distinguish it from other species. Ova white, laid in 4 

 narrow waved coils. 



Doris Rubra. Kel 



Syn. Doris Solea. ? Cuv. 



Body 1-J inch long, oblong, pellucid red, Mantle crimson 

 red, and maculated with irregularly shaped dark brick red 

 or purple spots ; those on the back larger. Tentacles large, 

 clavate ; apex red, laminated. Branchiae six, of a light rose 

 colour ; large, tripinnate. The two anterior ones smaller than 

 the rest. Foot oblong, broad, of a pinkish red colour ; longer 

 than mantle ; rounded in front and transversely grooved ; 

 anterior lamina notched in centre. Oral tentacles linear. 

 With mantle extended, nearly three inches. 



This beautiful red species is found in great abundance in 

 and out of the harbour of Trincomalie; and is generally 

 seen on mossy rocks a few feet below the surface of the water. 

 When confined in a glass Vivarium, it becomes, at night, 



