91 imwM Bj a, s, (cseylgh*) [Vol XII, 



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, tri-pinnated. 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 four 

 narrow waved coils. 



Doris rubra. Kel 



Syn. Doris solea. ? Cuv. 



Body 1\ 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 6, of a light rose colour ; large, 

 tri-pinnate. 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 ; mantle extended, 

 nearly three inches. 



This beautiful red species is found in great abundance in 

 and out of the harbour of Trincoinalie ; 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, 

 nearly throughout, of a pellucid pinkish-white colour, which 

 hue it retains till dawn, when gradually it assumes the brilliant 

 red diurnal costume. Spawns in the months of May and 

 June; ova deposited in three or four large, white, ribbon-like 

 convolutions. 



Doris osseosa. KeL 



Body 1 inch long. Mantle hard, cartilaginous, granular 

 and pitted ; granules of a whitish colour ; on the median line 

 is a narrow ridge extending from base of tentacles to branchial 

 plumes, which are four or five in number, emerging horizontally 



