48 CATALOGUE OF CEPHALOPODA. 



spirits. Hinder part of body produced, subvesicular. 

 Presented by J. Cranch, Esq., Congo Expedition. 

 Loligo Smith ii Leach. 



b, c. West Africa, lat. 1° 8' K, long. 26° 30' E. Half- 

 grown, not good state. In spirits. Hinder part of 

 body suddenly contracted into a short tail. Presented 

 by J. Cranch, Esq., Congo Expedition. 

 Loligo leptura Leach. 



d. West Africa, lat. 1° 8' N., long. 26° 30' E. The head and 

 arms only. Presented by J. Cranch, Esq., Congo Expe- 

 dition. 



2. Enoploteuthis margaritifera. 



Body elongate. Fins rhombic, about two-thirds the length of the 

 body, acute on the sides. Eyes with five round tubercles on 

 the ventral side. Sessile arms rounded behind, not finned ; the 

 third and fourth pairs much thicker. Tentacular arms scarcely 

 enlarged above, subulate, and unarmed at the tip, with a small 

 round group of four or five cups at the base, and three or four 

 small hooks in the middle. Shell broad lanceolate, thin, trans- 

 parent. 



Enoploteuthis margaritifera RiippeUy Giornale del Gahin. di Mes- 

 sina., xxvi. 1844, 2. f. 1. 



Hah. Sicily, Messina. RuppelL 



a, b. Messina. In spirits. From Dr. mippell's Collection. 

 c. The shell of a. in spirits. 



3 Enoploteuthis Verany. 



Body conical. Fins rhombic, half as long as the body, large angular 

 on the sides. Second pair of arms finned on the outer side. 



Enoploteuthis Verany Ruppell^ Giorn. del Gahin. di Messina^ xxvi. 

 1844, 3. f 2. 



Hah. Genoa. 



4. Enoploteuthis Owenii. 



Body conical, pointed behind. Fins rhombic, more than half the 

 length of the body, nicked in front, rounded on the sides. — Rosy 

 white. 



Enoploteuthis Owenii Verany., Congress, di Napoli, Cat. Anim. 

 Invert. Genova, 17. 29. n. 54. t. 6. f. 2, 3. 



Hah. Genoa. Perhaps the same as E. Verany. 



