SEPIA GBoBNLANDICA. 263 



of all testaceous envelope ; according to this author it forms 

 one of the principal mollusca, which constitutes the food 

 of the BalaVna Mysticetus. 



SPECIES III. 



CLIO ARCTIC A.* 



These creatures are found in immense numbers about Spitz- 

 bergen, but are not universal throughout the Polar Seas. 

 In swimming, it brings the tips of its fins almost in contact 

 with each other, first on the one side and then on the con- 

 trary. Captain Scoresby, Jun., kept several of them in a 

 tumbler of sea water for about a month, when they gradually 

 wasted away and died. Martin says they form part of the 

 food of the B. mysticetus, and hence they are denominated 

 « Whale's foodS 



ORDER.— CEPHALOPODA. 



SPECIES. 



SEPIA GROENLANDICA, 



OR 



THE GREENLAND CUTTLE FISH. 



As this species of the cuttle fish appears not to be so well 

 known as the other varieties, and as no distinguishing 1 charac- 

 teristic name has been given to it, I have therefore ventured 

 to designate it as above, from the portion of the Arctic 



* Synonymes. — Clio Limacina, Linnaeus, Clio Bovealis, Scoresby. 

 Sea May Fly, Marten. Clio Arclica, Dewhurst. 



