Mr. Bovs's. Account of the Fluftra Arengfa, c, 23Y 
tlie cells which taripole it.—It is very friable when dry., Whether 
it belongs ta this genus or not, I fabmit to the curious." Eiss- 
^— Zoopb. p. 17. 
Great numbers of thefe odis are found, in the fpring, on the 
fandy fhore between the mouth of Sandwich Haven and Deal, at 
low water ; ií fome years more than in others; particularly in May: . 
£797.—It is undoubtedly the nidus of fome marine animal, as I have 
found the celis intire, with eggs in each.. i 
In the fammer feafon there is frequently. found on the fame fhore,. 
clüfters of black roundifh bodies united together- by fhort cords, 
— forming very exactly the refemblance of bunches of black grapes. 
: both as to fize and calor. -The fubftance is tough and elaftic, and. 
= the bodies confift of al coats, the outermoft of. which is black, 
eee the iiio perfectly tranfparent ; and they are filled with: 
clear water, containing the eggs, and .fometimes the living embryos. 
of the Sepia officinalis. : 
. During the fame feafon we likewife meet with large maffes of a 
jelly-like fubftance, to which: are conneéted a number of tubercu- 
lated appendages bearing together the refemblance of amop; which: 
tubercles are. diaphanous, and include fometimes the eggs and fome- 
times the embryos alive of another fpecies of Sepia—I think the: 
E Loligo, but am not certain.. 
XXI.. 75. 
