OF NORTHUMBERLAND AND DURHAM. 15 



2. L. SAGITTATA, LclVl. 



Loligo sagittata, Flem. Brit. Anim. 253. — Jolins. in Berw. C. 

 Proc. i. 199. 

 Rather rare. Frequently cast upon South Shields sands. — 

 M?'. R. Howse. 



3. L. MEDIA, Linn. 



Sepia media, Penn. Brit. Zool. iv. 54, t. 29, f. 45. 

 One specimen only of this rare species has occurred to us; 

 it was caught some years ago in the salmon nets at the mouth 

 of the Tyne, and presented to us by Mr. John Hancock. " Oc- 

 casionally seen at Hartlepool." — Hogg's Nat. Hist, of Stockton. 



4. SEPIA, Lhmceus. 



1. S. OFFICINALIS, Linn. (Common Cuttle Fish). 



Sepia officinalis, Penn. Brit. Zool. iv. 55. — Johns, in BerW. 

 C. Proc. i. 200. 

 The dorsal plate or bone of the common cuttle fish is occa- 

 sionally cast on shore on many parts of our coast, especially to- 

 wards the noi-th ; but the animal itself is seldom met with. We 

 have found it in the stomach of the cod at Cullercoats. 



Class. GASTEROPODA, Cuvier. 



Order. NUDIBRANCHIATA, Cuvier. 

 Family. Doridid.^;, Leach. 



5. DORIS, Linnceus. 



1. D. TUBERCULATA, CuV. 



Boris Argo, Penn. Brit. Zool. iv. 43, t. 22, f. 22. 

 Doris tuberculata, Johns, in Ann. Nat. Hist. i. 50, t. 2, f. 

 12 3 



J., -J, u. 



Frequent between tide-marks on the rocky parts of the coast. 



2. D. JoHNSTONi, Aid. and Hanc. 



Boris obvelata, Johns, in Ann. Nat. Hist. i. 52, t. 2. f. 



4, 5, 6, 7. 

 Doris Johnstoni, Aid. and Hanc. Mon. Nudib. Moll., fam. 1, 



pi. 5. 



