152 JOUKNAL OF THE NEW JEESEY 



11 longitudinal ridges; fins rhomboidal, wider than long, about 

 half the length of the body ; tentacles with a double series of 

 hooks as well as cups, 20-22 in number ; gladius slender with 

 an obconic end. Pelagic, whole coast, abundant. 

 - Family 74. CRANCHIID/E. 



Represented only by the genus : — 



1. LoLiGOPSis, Lam. 



Body long, attenuated behind ; siphons not valved ; ten- 

 tacles long and slender. 



1. Loligopsis pavo^ Lesueur. (Figs. 62, 63). Body very long, 

 conical, attenuated ; fins terminal, about J the length of the 

 body, rounded in outline, soft in substance ; gladius very slen- 

 der, nearly gelatinous. Coast south of N. J. 



Family 75. SEPIOLID/E. 

 Body short ; tentacular arms completely retractile ; fins short, 

 in the middle of the sides of the back ; gladius only about -J- as 

 long as the body, sometimes absent. 



1. Sepiola, Leach. 

 Body short, purse-like ; fins dorsal, rounded, narrow^ at the 

 base. 



1. Sepiola atlantiai, Orb. et F. (Fig. 64). Sessile arms short, 

 unequal; fin^ short, oval, far apart, in the middle of the back; 

 gladius horny, linear, narrow, ending in a spatulate tip, about J 

 as long as the body. — Whole coast. 



Family 76. LOLIGINID/E. 

 Represented only by the genus :— 



LoLiGO, Lam. 

 Body long, and with fins on the sides of the tail extending to 

 the tip ; the shaft of the gladius is keeled on the ventral sides, 

 and is as long as the back ; cups of the 8 short arms in two rows. 



* Fins less than ^ the length of the body 1. 



* Fins more than 2 the length of the body 2,3. 



1. Loligo brevis, Blainv. Body cylindrical, obtuse at posterior 

 end; fins short, transversely oval ; gladius dilated, very broad, 

 narrow in front. — Del. Bay and south. 



2. Loligo Pealii, Lesueur. (Figs. 65, 66). Body subconical, 

 acuminated posteriorly ; fins rhomboidal, thick, ocup3ang 



