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CLASS [{. CEPHALOPODA. 
GENERA. 
A. No exterior shell. 
4. Ocropus. Lam. (Poly- 
pus of the Ancients.) 
(1). Pl. 44, fig. 44. 
Bag oval, without fins. 8 Feet, very large in %& 2 Small conical horny 
proportion to the body, grains on each side of 
and united by a mem- the back. 
brane at their base. 
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2. Louico. Lam. 
Bag with two fins to- 8 Feet with little A horny plate within 
wards the point. Pl. 14, suckers (or short pedi- the back. 
fig. 1, 10. cles), and two arms to 
the head, much longer 
than the feet, with suck- 
ers at the end only (2). 
3. Sepia. (3) Lam. 
A fleshy fin along each _ Ditto. Shell oval, thick, gib- 
side of the bag. bous. 
B. Shells interior ; chambered. 
4. Sprruta. Lam. 
Ditto. Pl. 14, fig. 3. 
5. Nautivus. 
Ditto. Mouth with several A ligament from the 
‘ circles of numerous back passing through- 
small tentacula without out the syphon, and at- 
suckers. taching the animal. (4) 
(1) The reservoir for the ink is enchased in the liver. Some believe that the 
Sepia rugosa is the species which furnishes the Indian mk. The Mediterranean 
produces a species remarkable for its musky odour. 
(2) They make use of these as anchors. 
(3) They lay their eggs attached to one another like bunches of grapes, which 
has given rise to the vulgar name of Sea-grapes. 
(4) According to Rumphius; who says that the animal of the Nautilus Pompilius 
is partly lodged in the last chamber of the shell, and has the bag, eyes, parrot-beak 
and funnel of the other Cephalopoda. It is also probable that the epidermis is 
prolonged on the exterior of the shell. 
