ABRALIA. 173 



E. Veranyi, lUippell. J*l. TC, tigs. 318, 311). 



Body conical ; fins rhombic, half as long us the l»0(ly, large 

 rhombic on the sides ; second pair of arms finned on the onter 

 side ; hooks in two series, with suckers at the extremities of the 

 arms ; tentacles with three liooks and numerous small suckers. 



Mediterranean. 

 E. OwENii, Verany. Fl. 7B, figs. 320-322. 



Body conical, pointed behind ; fins rhombic, more than half 



the length of the body, nicked in front, rounded on the sides. 



Rosy white. Length, about 3 inches. 



Mediterranean. 



The arms are proportionally longer, and the small cupules of 

 the clubs are more numerous, but this species approaches very 

 closely, and is very likely identical with E. Veranyi. 



Subgenus Abralia, Gray. 



Sessile arms with hooks below, and suckers at the tips. 

 E. ARMATA, Quoy and Gaim. PI. 76, figs. 323-327. 



Body elongate, smooth above, minutely tuberculated luider- 



neath, the larger tubercles regularly disposed ; head tnbercnlate ; 



fins triangular, together very broadly lanceolate, terminal ; 



sessile arms slender ; third and fourth pairs with two marginal 



series of small tubercles ; second, third and fourth pairs crested 



externally ; tentacles slender, the basal group of three or four 



cups, hooks four, long, acute. Shell lanceolate, sinuated at the 



sides near the top. Length, 2-5 inches. 



Indian Ocean ; Moluccas. 



E. MoRRisii, Yerany. PI. 77, figs. 328, 329. 



Body conical, smooth ; head large, sessile, fins very large, 

 occupying two-thirds the length of the body, triangular, together 

 rhomboidal, strongly nicked in front ; arms unequal, lower 

 ones much the longest. Shell lanceolate, broad, somewhat sinu- 

 ated on the sides. Length, 4 inches to end of sessile arms. 



Lat., 390 N., Long., 20° W., N. Atlantic Ocean 

 E. POLYONYX, Troschel. PI. 77. fig. 332. 



Body conically acuminate ; fins rhomboidal, rounded at the 

 angle, more than half the length of the bod}^ ; arms unequal, 



