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in an arcuate line in front of the cartilage (cf. PI. Ixxiv., fig. 

 3) ; on each side of the body above and parallel to the fin 

 traces of a series of about seven large tubercles, much flattened 

 and circular in outline in the cf' , in the ? more elongate with 

 a similar series of ridges below the fins. 



Colour of specimens preserved in formalin mottled and 

 clouded with bluish slate, chocolate, gray, and light bro\\n ; 

 without traces of a definite color pattern except, firstly, a 

 pair of broad, arcuate, slaty bands on the ventral surface 

 of the mantle, beginning in front on either side of the funnel, 

 but becoming indistinguishable befoi'e attaining the extremity 

 of the body ; secondly, a pair of straight, diverging, smooth, 

 light colored bands on the middle of the head (PI. Ixxiv., 

 fig. 3) pointing in the direction of the dorsal arms ; these 

 bands especially conspicuous on one of the ? specimens [524]. 



Measu rements. — 



TABLE XXI.— MEASUREMENTS OF Sepia chirotremu. 



