192 SEPIA. 



ovate, compressed, acuminated anteriorly, roimded posteriorly, 

 with a long curved beak ; the ventral stria? extending to half the 

 length. Length, 25 inches. 



Atlantic and Algerian Coasts of Africa ; Tenerijfe; Cape. 



In its proportions, both of animal and shell, this species is 

 very similar to the preceding, but differs in the dentition of the 

 rings of the suckers, and in the number of tentacular rows. 



S. LATiMANUS, (^uoy and Gaim. PI. <s,S, figs. 400, 401. 



Body ovate, smooth, trvmcated in front, pointed behind ; tins 

 narrow, blue-edged ; arms slender, quadrangular, elongate, un- 

 equal, order of length 4, 3, 2, 1, the rings of the cups with very 

 fine, close teeth ; tentacles dilated, strongly palmated, having five 

 rows of cups, of which six or eight are very large, with their 

 horny rings plaited on the edge. Shell oblong, rounded ante- 

 riorly, obtuse posteriorly, longl^'^ and acutely beaked. 



Length, 16 inches. 



Indian Ocean; Neto Ouinea ; Celebes. 



S. TUBERCULATA, Lam. Pi. 88, figs. 403, 404 ; pi. 81), figs. 402, 405. 

 Body ovate, tuberculated, the tubercles very unequal, divided 

 into lobes ; fins narrow ; head tuberculated on the back, sides, 

 and round the eyes, smooth below ; arms short, thick, unequal, 

 length 4, 3, 2, 1, the extremities of the arms with eight rows of 

 very small suckers, rest with four rows ; tentacles very long, 

 thickly clubbed, with five rows of cups, four cups very much 

 larger, with oblique, entire rings. Shell much depressed, ovate, 

 equally rounded at each end ; above smooth, and cartilaginous 

 on the sides and ends ; beneath very concave. Length, 20 inches. 



Cape of Good Hope. 



S. VERMicuLATA, Quoy and Gaim. PI. 89, figs. 40fi, 407. 



Body ovate, smooth, acute anteriorly ; fins broad, largely 



separated behind, dotted with red ; head large ; arms short, 



thick at base, unequal, length 4, 3, 2, 1, the cups with entire 



rings ; tentacles very long, cylindrical, club flattened, with verj^ 



numerous cups, eight or ten larger than the rest with entire 



rings. Shell oblong, ovate, bluntly beaked posteriori}'. 



Length, 15 inches. 



Cape of Good Hope. 



