154 TKUTHOPSIS. LKPTOTELiTHIS. BELKMNOSEPIA. 



lanceolate, veiy broad aud thin ; the wings broadest in the 

 middle, strongly thickened on the margins towards the extremity. 

 The thickening of the shell margin is not well represented in the 



original figure. Length, about 15 inches. 



Java. 

 In form A'ery like *S'. AuntralU. 



* * * Species of which the buccal memhranes are undescribed. 



S. BiLiNEATA, Quoy aud Gaim. PI. 63, fig. 221, 



Body elongated, rather narrow ; fins rhomboidal, very wide in 

 the middle, the angle rounded ; outline of body marked upon its 



dorsal surface by a blue line. 



Australia. 



S. MA.JOR, Gray. PI. G4, fig. 222. 



Body subcj'lindrical, attenuated posteriorly ; lateral pinnae 

 produced to the whole length of the body, extended in the 

 middle. Length of body, 27 inches ; of head, 6 inches. 



Cape of Good Hope. 



This looks very like S. bilineata, and also like Thysanoteuthis 

 Ehombua ; the very poor figure shows that the sptecimen is 

 mutilated. 



S. Sinensis, Orb. 



So named from a cephalopod referred to in Encyc. Japonaise. 

 It is eaten broiled, by the natives. No specific characters given. 



Japan. 

 Genus TEUTHOPSIS, Deslongchaiiips. 



A few species known, from the lias of France and Wur- 

 temburg. 



T. BuNELLii, Desl. PL fi5, figs. 223, 224. Calvados. 



(l^i.us LEPTOTEUTHIS, M<y.n-. 

 Only a single species known. 

 L. GiGAS Meyer. PL 65, fig. 225. Oxford clay, Solrnhofen. 



Gen. IS BELEMNOSEPIA, Agassi/,. 



The ink-bag, mantle and bases of the arms, as well as the 

 horny shells of this animal, are preserved. Some of the ink- 

 bags are nearly a foot in length, and are invested with a brilliant 



