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to move them by means of its suckers. A second 

 species, >S^. scandica, has been taken in the dredge off 

 Little Cumbrae, Firth of Clyde, in 50 fathoms ; at the 

 mouth of Loch Fyne in 48 fathoms. 



Ross' Cuttle (Rossia 7)iacrosoma) differs but little 

 from Sej:) iola, except that the mantle above instead of 

 being connected to the neck by a broad band, as in 

 Sepiola, has a free margin all round. The fins are 

 relatively smaller. The entire length exclusive of 

 the tentacles is from 2^ to 3 inches, and the " pen " 

 about 1^ inches. Jeffreys described it as " rare or not 

 often met with," but since his day the trawl has been 

 more largely used in the deep waters off our shores ; 

 so that Canon Norman, who has done much exploring 

 work of this sort, can now say, " the use of the trawl 

 has shown it to be far from uncommon in 40 to 90 

 fathoms in the Clyde District, and off the west of 

 Scotland." It is also recorded from the Minch ; off 

 the coast of Wexford ; off the Butt of Lewis (40 

 fathoms), Dublin Bay, Plymouth Sound, and the Isle 

 of Wight. R. glaucopis, a smaller species, has been 

 taken in from 60 to 100 fathoms, off the north of 

 Shetland, and the Outer Haaf, Shetland. A third 

 species, R. siihlevis, was obtained in one of the 

 trawling expeditions of the Flying Fox, off the 

 south of Ireland in 250 fathoms of water. 



In the family Loliginidce, the body is longer, the 

 tentacles only partially retractile, the pen as long 

 as the animal's back, pointed like a quill-pen in 

 front, and strengthened by a keel along the lower 

 side. 



The Common Squid (Loligo fovhesii) is the largest 

 of our common Cuttles. Exclusive of the tentacles. 



