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JOURNAL B* A. S. (CEYLON). 



[Vol. III. 



more distinctly with the aid of a magnifier. Dorsal tentacles 

 green ; large, broad, ovate, lamellated for nearly the whole 

 length. Oral tentacles short, linear, acutely pointed. Branchial 

 plumes 6, grey, speckled with darker grey, all united for nearly 

 half the length ; the other half fringed with short plumes 

 of a light green colour. Foot whitish, speckled ; covered by 

 mantle 



This Leopard-spotted Doris is of a regular oval form. Found 

 in Dutch Bay among coral rocks. — Ova white. 



DOBIS AMABILIS, Kel. 



Body 4 lines long, oblong, narrow, convex, white, spotted 

 purple on sides. Mantle smooth, white, and spotted with 

 purplish crimson spots ; beneath white, not spotted. Dorsal 

 tentacles of moderate length ; apex conical, pointed ; closely 

 lamellated ; of a golden yellow colour. Branchial plumes 5 or 

 6, small, bi-pinnate : white, with purple spots at their base. 

 All retracted within a cavity, without a rim. Head rounded, 

 spotted purple, on each side of mouth a short linear tentacle, 

 white. Foot narrow, longer than the mantle, slightly expanded 

 in front, spotted purple on the upper surface. 



This lovely little Doris is rarely found. Two specimens, 

 obtained in May, are still alive in a finger glass, generally 

 resting on the side of a stone. At night they crawl out of their 

 hiding place and creep along the sides of the glass, and are 

 sometimes seen floating on the surface of the water on their 

 back. "When touched with a feather they adhere by their foot, 

 and can be kept dangling in this position by the aid of the 

 mucous thread secreted by the surface of the foot. Several Eolidce 

 were kept in the same vessel, and they have survived them all, 

 though attacked repeatedly by the Eolis. Ova white, deposited 

 on side of glass in a thread-like coil. 



Doris fidelis. Kel. 



Body f- inch long ; narrow, convex ; white. Mantle oblong, 

 with parallel sides ; shorter than the foot ; of a waxy white 

 colour, the edge lined with red and irregular tooth-like transverse 



