SEPIA. 1 05 



* * » * Tentacular arin.s finned, with numerous^ small, equal-aked cupx, in 



eight or ten rows. 



f Shell very narrow behind. 



8. AoiiLEATA. Hnssclt. PI. <)(). fio-. 41n ; pi. 1>1. lios. 41(;. 417. 



Body ovate, rounded, smooth, rather i)oiute(l behind ; tins 

 broad, thick, eoinmeneing rather behind tlie front edge ; arms 

 elongate, uiuMiunl, order of length 4. 8. 2, 1. the cups globular, 

 with rings minutely toothed all around ; tentacular clubs Avith 

 very small cups in ten or twelve rows, with distant, acute teeth 

 on the rings. Shell ovate, oblong, tidjereularly wrinkled, de- 

 pressed, rounded at the ends ; with a long, straight, acute beak, 

 convex beneath in front and concave lichind. Length, 13 inches. 



Indian Ocean; Java. 

 >S. ELONCJATA, Fer. and Orb. Fl. 111. tigs. 418, 41<». 



Animal unknown. Shell very elongated, narrow, pointed in 



front, enlarged behind, and provided with a wing-like expansion 



and a long acute beak ; rugose above, with a medial longitudinal 



rib ; swollen beneath, gibbous in the middle. 



Red Sea. 



S. Stnope. Gray. PI. 94, fig. 44:5. 



Animal unknown. Shell elongate, sublanceolatc ; Vtack smooth, 

 slightly concentrically wrinkled, with a deep groove along each 

 side of the middle; rather tapering at the uj)per i)art ; a[)ex im- 

 perfect. 



China. 



I)escri1)ed tVom an impei-fect cuttle-bone in Brit. Mus., with 

 reference (doul)tfully) to S. Australia., Quoy (not of Orb.) — 

 which I figure. 



f f Shell oblong, posterior end expanded, prodticed, cartilaginous, not beaked, 

 convex beneath. — Sepiella. 



S. ORNATA. Bang. Fl. 91, fig. 420 ; pi. 92, figs. 421. 422. 



Body ovate, elongated, very smooth, brown, spotted with white ; 

 fins very broad, broader behind ; ears with broad, thick edges ; 

 arms short, thick, unequal, length 4, 3, 1, 2, the rings of the cups 

 oblique, smooth on the narrow, and with short, unequal teeth on 

 the broad edge ; tentacles lanceolate, wdth very small, close cups 

 of equal size in eight or ten lines, with toothed rings. Shell 



