196 SEPIA. 



oblong, elongate, straight, compressed, wrinkled above, obtuse 

 anteriorly, winged posteriorly. liengtli. S inches. 



W. Coast of Africa. 



S. iNERMis. Hassclt. IM. ;»]. fig. 4-j:! ; IM. '.li>. figs. 424-429. 



Body ol)l()ng. smooth, blunt behind ; tins narrow in front, 

 rather wider behind, beginning liciiind tiie front edge; cups of 

 arms small, the rings entire on the narrow, and finely toothed on 

 the broad edge; tentacles long, slendei'. without any distinct 

 club, slightly impressed at tlie to]) extei'ually. the cups very 

 minute or entirely wanting. Siiell oblong, elongate, straight, 

 rounded, acuminate in front, hinder end not beaked above, ex- 

 jtanded and produced into a cartilage liehind ; convex l)eneath. 

 with a strong central groove. 



India; China. 



I include the two s[)ecies ^S'. Sine/i.^is and S- microcheirux of 

 <Tray. as I do not find any ai)[)reciable difference: 1 also include 

 S. affinii^ (fig. 426) and S. TouramnenaiH (figs. 42t-429) of Soii- 

 leyet. from C'iochin Ohina. which api)ear to me to be the yoinig 

 of the same species. 



f f t Shell oUoruj, rounded behind, beaked. 



S. ROSTKATA. d'Orh. I'l. 9::!, figs. 430-482. 



Body thick, rounded, narrow before, obtuse behind ; fins thick, 

 narrow in fiont. dilated behind ; arms elongate, slender, unequal, 

 order of length 4. 8. 2, I. the cups s])herical, with very small 

 smooth-edged rings ; tentacles lanceolate, with A-ery small numer- 

 ous equal-sized cups in many lines and with toothless rings. 

 Shell ovate, oblong, tubercularly wrinkled, depressed, broader 

 in the middle, narrow liehind. with an elongated, compressed 

 beak; convex in front, concave and with a diaphragm behind. 

 Length. 1 1 inches. 



Indian Ocean; Australia. 



Willi remarkable similarity between the shell of this species 

 and that of S. aculeata. there is some difference in the outline 

 of the animal and in the rings of the suckers. I include S. Blain- 

 villei. the name of which was changed to S. Tndica, because the 

 former was preoccupied by Deshayes for a fossil species : the 

 latter however, proves to be a synonym, so that S. Blainvillei. 



