LOLIGID^ : LOLIGO. / 3 



c. South of Europe. In spirits, in a bad state. Presented by 



P. B. Webb. 



d. Dalmatia. In spirits. IVIr. Heckel's Collection. 



10. LoLiGO Reynaudii. 



Body elongate, larger in the middle, acuminate behind. Fins occu- 

 pying more than two thirds the length of the body, elongate, 

 rhomboidal. Sessile arms -well rounded at the angles, short, 

 unequal ; second, third, and fourth pairs externally carinated ; 

 ring of cups with acute teeth on the higher side, diminishing in size 

 to the other side. Tentacular arms large, cylindrical : cups very 

 unequal, ten or twelve central very large; their rings smooth, of 

 smaller lateral cups oblique, with acute teeth, longest on the 

 higher side. Shell narrow, lanceolate; central groove rather 

 produced above. 



Loligo Reynaudii Feruss. ^ UOrh. Ceph. Acet. Calmars, t. 24. f. 

 1 — 8. 1839, Paleont. univ. t. 11. f. 3., Paleont. etrang. t. 9. f. 3., 

 Moll. Viv. et Fos. i. 346. t. 19. f. 1—5. 



Hab. Cape of Good Hope. 



a. Cape of Good Hope. In spu-its. Presented by G. Boro- 



daile, Esq. 

 h. The shell of a. in spirits. 



11. LOLIGO TEICARIXATA. 



Animal . Shell lanceolate, transparent, whitish, central 



groove deep ; the blade with a slight raised ridge from the apex 

 to the front part of the outer edge, near the commencement of 

 the shoulder, producing three distinct keels on the convex side 

 of the tip ; the upper part of stem one fifth of the length. 

 Length sixteen inches. 



Hah. Isle of France. 



a, h. Shells. Isle of France. Presented by Lady Francis 

 Cole. 



Differs from all the other shells of the genus by its large size, 

 and the oblique groove from the tip to the upper margin. The 

 shell of L. Reynaitdi is only twelve inches long. 



*** Shell lanceolate^ sides straight, converging; upper part broad. 



12. LOLIGO DuVAUCELn. 



Body oblong, elongate. Fins irregular, rhombic, half as long as 

 the body. Buccal membrane seven-lobed. Sessile arms, third 

 pair largest, compressed, finned externally ; cups of the lowest or 



