LOLIGID^ : LOLIGO. 69 



* Shell very broad, pennate. Side very convex; upper Part slender. 



1. LOLIGO BEEVIS. 



Body cylindiical, obtuse posteriorly. Pinnae short, transversely 



oval. Shell dilated, oblong, pennate, central-keeled, narrow in 



front. 

 Loligo brevis Blainv. Journ. de Phys. 1823, Diet, des Sc. Nat. 



xxvii. 145.; Feruss. D'Orb. Tab. des Ceph. 64. n, 10., Ceph. 



Acet. t. 15—24. f. 14—19. rings; UOrb. Voy. Am. Merid. 



Moll. 62., Paleont. univ. t. 11. f. 1., Paleont. etrang. t. 9. f. 1., 



Moll. Viv. et Fos. i. 345. t. 19. f. 1. shell. 

 Loligo brevipinna LeSueur^ Journ. Acad. Nat. Hist. Philad. iii. 



282. 1824; Feruss. UOrb. Tab. des Ceph. 64. n. 10., Cephal. 



Acet. t. 13. f. 4—6. from LeSueur, Bullet. Univ. Sc. Nat. iii. 



92. 



Hab. BrazU. Rio Janeiro. 



2. Loligo Habdwickei. 



Body oblong, rounded behind. Fins nearly two thirds the length 

 of the body, rounded on the sides. Second pair of sessile arms 

 rather the largest. Tentacular arms with numerous small cups, 

 with smaller ones in four rows at the tip. Shell lanceolate, pen- 

 nate, very broad, with a narrow central ridge ; the anterior ex- 

 tremity narrow, about one fourth the entii-e lengtn. 



Loligo Hardwickei Gray, Brit. Mv^. 1836. 



Hab. Indian Ocean. 



a. India. In spirits. Presented by General Hardwicke. 



b. Shell of a. dry. 



c. India. In spirits. Small. Presented by General Hard- 



wicke. 

 Like L. brevis, but fins longer ; differs from L. Duvaucelli, in the 

 fins being longer, and the shell broader, with a narrow stem. 



** Shell pennate, lanceolate. Sides convex ; upper Part moderate. 



3. Loligo magna. 



Body oblong, subcylindrical, acuminated behind. Fins semirhom- 

 boidal, nearly two thirds the length of the sides. Sessile arms 

 conico-subulate, with numerous rather large cups, and smaller 

 ones at the end ; cups oblique ; rings with an eccentric open- 

 ing, with eleven or thirteen elongate blunt teeth on the broad 

 side, the rest smooth. Tentacular arras very long. Shell lan- 

 ceolate, pennate, translucid ; of the males elongate, acute ; of 

 the females broader and rather blunt. 



