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DIVISION I. SEPIACEA. 
GENERA. 
4. Lorico. Lam. CALMAR. 
A plate of horn on the Y. Animal, p. 54. 
back, instead of a shell, 
in the form of a sword or 
lancet. Pl. 41, fig. 2. 
2. Sepia. Lam. 
Shell oval, thick, gib- V. Animal, p. 54. 
bous ; composed of an in- . 
finity of very thin cal- 
careous plates, parallel, 
joined together by innu- 
merable inttle hollow co- 
lumns. Pl. 1, fig. 4 (1). 
(1) Being friable, from its structure, it is employed to polish various substances ; 
it is also given to young birds to sharpen their beaks, 
