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that arc c';)u«;lit in the pounds and weirs mostly enter in the 

 night, and evidently wlien swiinininti- ah)ng the shore in schools. 

 They are often loiind in tlie morning stranded on the beach in 

 immense nnniliers. es|)ecially when there is a full moon, and it is 

 thought by nuiny of the tishermen that this is becanse, like 

 many other uoetiiiiial animals, they have the habit of turning 

 toward and gazing at a bright light, and since tliey swim back- 

 wards, tiiey get ashore on the beaehes <)pi)osite tlie position of 

 the moon. This iuibit is also sometimes taken advantage of by 

 the fishermen, who (•:ii)tnre them foi' bait for cod-fish; they go 

 out in dark niglits with torches in tlieir boats, and by advancing 

 slowly toward ;i heach. drive ihem asliore. — Yerrtll.* 



* Body opaque, fleshy, fimootli. above and below. Gupx of sessile arms eqical, 

 ■moderate. Typical. 



f Second and tliird pairs of sessile arms without any membranaceous fringe 



on the inner edge of the ventral side, but replaced by a row 



of small, conical tubercles. 



X Tentacles with eight roics of numerous small cups near the end of the club. 



0. SAUiTTATis. L:nn. PI. TS. figs. 841. 842. 845; pi. 79. figs. 

 848. 844. 84(1. 

 Head large, body elongate, cylindrical ; fiiis broad, together 

 regularly rhomboidal, nearly half the length of the body ; arms 

 thick, long, length 3, 2, 4, 1 ; tentacles as long as the body, 

 compressed, the club scarcely enlarged, the lower cups in two 

 series, the central in four, the upper in eight series, teeth of the 

 rings obtuse. Shell narrow, elongate, its lateral ribs the largest, 

 the apical cone large. Length, 6 to 12 inches. 



Europe ; Great Britain to Mediterranean ; 



Newfoundland; New England Coast. 



This species is migratory, so that it is sometimes taken in 

 great quantities ; it is called Calamaio by the Italian fishermen, 

 and is sold in the markets ; but only to the poorer classes, a,s its 

 flesh, although tender, has an unpleasant taste. The female is 

 shorter and stouter than the male. I figure 0. illecebrosa, 

 Lesueur (fig. 342), the American representative of this species : 

 it is considered distinct b}^ some naturalists. 



* Report U. S. Fish Commissioner for 1873, p. 441-2. 



