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prcflcd, with a tail divided. Like reflemble a la precedente, et a de 

 to the Cuttle-fini of the fliops, hut plus aux cotes une membrane, la- 

 the fides have the augmentation of quelle n'eft attachee aux cotes que 

 a membrane, which membrane is jufqu'a la moitie, et n'ell: point 



faftened to tlie fides no farther than 

 lialf way, and is not longitudinal. 

 It inhabits the leas. 



Sepia Loligo. Linn. No. 4. 

 The Great Cuttle-fifh. Plate VIIL 



lon2:itudinelle. 

 mers. 



Elle habite les 



La Grande Seclie. 



Le corps a peu pres cylindrique, 



Fig 



4. The body nearly cy- et fait en alene : la queue divife'e 



lindric and awl fhaped, the tail et de figure rhomboide. Elle ha- 



divided and of a rhomboid figure, bite la mer, oil noirciflant I'eau par 



It dwells in the fea, where having la de'charge de fon encre, elle 



blackened the water by the efi'ufion s'e'vade, et a I'aide de fa queue 



of its ink, it abfconds, and with its s'elance hors de I'eau. 

 tail leaps out of the water. 



Sepia Sepiola. Linn. No. 5. La Petite Se'che. 



The Small Cuttle-fifli. Plate VIII. Le corps par derriere a deux 



Eig, p. The body on the hinder ailes prefque rondes. Quand elle 



part has two wings nearly round, eft petite elle a a la partie pofle'- 



When fmall it has at the hinder rieure du corps de chaque cote une 



part of the body on either fide, a aile ou petite orcille arrondie. 



wing or little round ear. It is an Elle fait fa demeure dans la Mcdi- 



inhabitant of the Mediterranean. terranee. 



GENUS 16. MEDUSA. Tab. IX. 



CHARACTER GENERIS. 



Corpus gelatinofum, orbiculatum, depreflum. Os fubtus, centrale. 



i6tli GENUS. The MEDUSA. Pi. IX. 



CHARACTER OF THE GENUS. 



The body is gelatinous, rounded above, flattened underneath. The mouth 



in the center of the under part. 



i6me. 



