JOURNAL E. A. g. (CEYLON.) 



[Vol. III. 



thankful to him for the warm interest he has taken in my 

 employment as Naturalist, to investigate the Natural History of 

 the Pearl Oysters, which has so abruptly been brought to a 

 conclusion by my professional services being required in another 

 part of Her Majesty's dominions, — the rebel polluted land of 

 India. 



Doris ccelestts. Kel. 



Body white, 2| inches long ; flattened. Mantle coriaceous, 

 white, clouded with dark purple minute rings, confluent or 

 continuous with lighter coloured purple rings, set more widely 

 apart. Dorsal tentacles white, long ; apex clavate, lamellated, 

 slightly truncated on the superior edge ; pale green, tipped with 

 orange ; margin of sheath orange or golden. Oral tentacles 

 long, acutely pointed ; white, minutely speckled with purple. 

 Branchial plumes 6, long, tripinnated ; whitish, ribs purplish 

 brown, edge of cavity orange. Foot white, shorter than 

 mantle ; grooved ; lower lamella notched. 



This beautiful purpled clouded Doris is of very retiring 

 habits ; scarcely ever seen moving. Obtained in August and 

 September from rocks in Back Bay. Ova white, in three or 

 four broad coils. 



Doris funebris. Kel. 



Body nearly 1 j inch long ; oblong, convex ; of a waxy white 

 colour, and spotted black. Mantle coriaceous, granular ; of an 

 ivory white colour, and ornamented with jet black spotted 

 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, tri-pinnate ; 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 Boris is, with the mantle, about 

 2j inches long, and broad. Rarely seen. Lives for a long 



