JOURNAL R, Ai S, (CEYLON.) 



[Vol. III. 



purplish spots, a purplish line runs near the edge ; border 

 transversely streaked. Dorsal tentacles, greenish, long, white, 

 slightly truncated, laminated clavate tops. Oral tentacles white ; 

 long, pointed. Branchial plumes 6 ; short, broad, bi-pinnate ; 

 of a greenish white colour. Foot oblong, entirely covered by 

 the broad oval mantle ; white, spotted with smaller purplish 

 spots than those seen on the under surface of mantle. 



Found in deep water, near French Battery. 



Doris atrata. KeL 



Body \ inch long, and \ inch broad ; ovate, convex ; 

 of a smoky-black colour. Mantle broad, when expanded 

 covering the foot ; smooth, edge semi-transparent, the rest jet- 

 black. Branchiae 8 ; small, of a smoky-black colour, bi-pinnate ; 

 two sets of 4 each, all entering the same cavity round anus. 

 Foot long, narrow, rounded in front, slightly projecting 

 behind when in progression ; of a pale smoky colour. Mouth 

 indistinctly seen. Oral tentacles linear. Dorsal tentacles 

 pellucid, with clavate apex ; black ; tips white, looking like eyes 

 set on the tentacles. Ova white, in three or four small narrow 

 tape-like coils. 



This species may prove to be either identical with Doris 

 fumata of Leuckart, or D. fumosa of " Quoy et Gaym," the 

 latter more probably, as the remarkable, white tipped tentacles 

 (always present), could not have passed unobserved by RuppeL 

 The branchiae however, of D. fumata would appear to correspond 

 with those of the Ceylon species. The next species too, which I 

 regarded at one time as only a variety of D. fumata, must, I 

 think, be considered distinct, as it was not found in April with 

 D. atrata, but subsequently, when the latter became scarce, 



Doris atroviridis. KeL 



Body 10 lines long, of an invisible-green colour. Mantle 

 broad, undulating, of a greenish-black colour ; edge streaked 

 with a pale crimson line. Tentacles and branchiae as in 

 ZA atrata. Foot of a pale invisible-green. Ova like those of 



