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JOURNAL R. A. S. (CEYLON.) 



[Vol. III. 



pinkish, and near the body there is a broad undulating reddish 

 band, terminating abruptly on each side below the foot, not 

 unlike in appearance to some cutaneous disease. Dorsal tentacles 

 long ; pinkish and smooth for two-thirds of its length, apex clavate, 

 laminated, truncated ; of a pale brown colour. Oral tentacles 

 long, conical ; pinkish. Branchial plumes 6 ; large, pendant 

 tri-pinnated ; plumes pinkish-red and speckled-white ; midribs 

 greenish. Foot much shorter than mantle, deeply grooved and 

 notched in front, obtusely pointed posteriorly ; of a light pink 

 colour, except the edge which is of a lemon colour with transverse 

 striae. 



The whole animal gives one more the idea of a horrid disease 

 than the charms of a sea nymph. This species is semi-gelatinous 

 and very glutinous on the surface, particularly the mantle. 

 When dead it rapidly dissolves, and cannot be preserved in 

 spirits. The largest specimen I have seen measured 8 inches 

 long and 5 inches broad, It will not live more than a few 

 days in the aquarium. Ova of a beautiful red colour ; coil 

 |- inch broad, and 18 inches in length. This species 

 resembles Doris carbunculosa, but the smooth nodules, and 

 the red ova, of the former wall always be sufficient marks of 

 distinction, 



Doris carbunculosa. Kel 



Body nearly inches long ; oblong, oval : of a pinkish- 

 purple colour. Mantle semi-gelatinous, broad and long, and of 

 an oval form ; purplish-brown colour, studded with numerous 

 large warty nodules, and larger ones rising from a raised 

 tubercular ringed base. Nodules of a deeper brown colour ; 

 some have also a greenish tinge and others are variegated with 

 white. Dorsal tentacles long, produced, clavated, truncated 

 superiorly, laminated ; of a pale purplish colour. Mouth with 

 a small triangular-shaped veil. Branchial plumes 5 : large, 

 broad and long ; closely tri-pinnated ; of a rusty-red colour, 

 grizzled with white. Foot short, oblong, oval ; of a purplish- 

 pink colour ; sides of under surface veined and of a pink 

 colour. 



