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purple spots, which on the back of the mantle or sac are some- 

 what elongated and inclined to be linear ; the ventral or under 

 side and the outer edges of the fins are of a much paler tint : 

 mantle roundish- oval, truncated above : fins proportionally 

 small, attached throughout at the base : tentacles rather thick, 

 not extending below the middle of the mantle ; club terminal 

 and small, crested on each side, and furnished with small and 

 numerous but not crowded suckers : funnel short, very broad 

 at the base : head large and broad : eyes not very prominent, 

 having a thick and wrinkled lid : arms stout ; the second pair, 

 on the ventral side, the largest ; all except the ventral pair 

 are connected below by a strong web ; suckers bead-like, each 

 supported by a short pedicle ; they are larger on the lower 

 part and in the middle of each arm, and become veiy small at 

 the tips ; the mode of arrangement is biserial, each row occu- 

 pying one side only of the under part, the middle being smooth. 

 L. 1-75. B. 0-875. 



Habitat : North of Shetland ; an apparently adult 

 specimen from 90-100 f., and another very young one 

 from 60-80 f. I have not described the shell, from a 

 dislike to mutilate the typical specimen. 



Notwithstanding the extremely active habits of this 

 class, my largest specimen bears a colony of a minute 

 species of Tubularia (probably new, or at least unde- 

 scribed by Mr. Hincks), with a smooth and simple 

 stalk, which had deeply implanted itself in the head, 

 near the right eye and at the base of the other. 



Genus IV. SEPI'OLA* Rondelet. PL VI. f. 2. 



Body oval : mantle globose ; its dorsal or hinder edge is 

 connected in the middle with the head by a broad ligament : 

 fins small, placed as in Bossia, but thinner : eyes partly covered 

 by a cuticle or lid : arms in unequal pairs. 



Shell small, bat-shaped. 



These pretty little cuttlefishes frequent shallower 

 water than their cousins the Rossice. 



* Diminutive of Sepia. 



