THE 



LEMON DORIS. 



> Generic Character. 



Body repent, oblong, flat beneath. 

 Mouth placed below, toward the anterior end. 

 Vent behind, furrounded above by a fringe. 

 Tentacula two, feated on the upper part of the 

 body in front, retra&ile. 



Specific Character, &c. 



OVAL DORIS with fmooth body; the vent 

 furrounded by a ramified fringe. 



LEMON DORIS. 



Pennant Brit, Zool. 4. p. 36. 

 THE SEA-LEMON. 



The animals of this genus are greatly allied to thofe 

 of the genus Limax, but are entirely marine. The 

 fpecies of Doris are numerous. The largeft as well as 

 the moft elegant of the European kinds is that figured 

 on the annexed plate. In colour it varies much; being 

 fometimes of a yellow, more or lefs deep, and fome- 

 times of a bright orange, or even fcarlet. It is not 

 unfrequently found on feveral parts of the coafts of 

 Britain. 



