Ceylon Nudibranctiiate Molluscs, and Zoophytes, 109 

 Doris Corrugata. Kel. J 



Body nearly one inch long, oval whitish. Mantle coria- 

 ceous, corrugated and studded with small tubercles ; those on 

 the sides larger, and each has a spine ; of a pale watery 

 green colour ; black spotted under surface, also greenish and 

 spotted with small dots. Dorsal tentacles short, open, 

 greenish, lamellated. Branchial plumes grey ; 7 or 8, 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 Picta, Kel. J 



Coriaceous. Body 2^ inches long. Mantle large, ova], 

 covering entirely the foot ; upper surface granular, of a 

 yellowish brown colour, splashed with large and small irre- 

 gular brick red spots ; under surface white and near the body 

 painted with small and large bright red spots. Dorsal ten- 

 tacles, clavate, laminated, slightly truncated ; sheaths large, 

 granular. Oral tentacles, long, pointed, white, spotted red. 

 Foot broad, shorter than mantle ; white. 



This remarkably painted Doris is found in deep water. 

 Occasionally it burrows in the sand, where it lies for hours ; — - 

 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 6, large, bipin- 



