LOLIGID^ : LOLIGO. 75 



15. LoLiGo Alessandeinh. 



Body oblong, subcylindrical, rounded behind. Fins 'about two 

 fifths the length of the body, posterior, rounded. Cups of ten- 

 tacular arms, unequal, large. 



Loligo Alessandrini Verany^ Ceph. ex Sicilia, t. 2. f. 2. 



Hab. Sicily. 



4 * Douhtful recent Species. 



16. LOLIGO MINIMA. 



Body smooth, oblong, conical. Fins very small, at the end of body, 

 semicircular, far apart., Sessila arms short, rather unequal; 

 cups in two lines. Tentacular arms long, cylindrical, scarcely 

 enlarged at the end, with two rows of small, alternate, peduncled 

 cups. Femissac. 



Loligo minima UOrh. Moll. Viv. et Fos. i. 351. 

 Cranchia minima Fernss. Cranchies^ t. 1. f. 4, 5. 1830. 



Hob. Coast of Africa. 



17. LOLIGO CARUNCULATA. 



Body oblong, roundish. Fins rhombic. Tentacular arms with 

 cylindrical or triangular caruncles on the inner side, and a few 

 cups. 



Sepia carunculata Schneider^ Beohacht. und Endeck. am der Nat. v. 



42.; Isert^ Reise nach Guinea., 7. 1788. 

 Loligo carunculata Feruss. MS.; jyOrh. Moll. Viv. et Fos. i. 352. 



Hah. Gulf of Guinea. 



18. LoLrlGO LANCEOLATA. 



Loligo lanceolata Rajin. Precis des Decouv. Somiol. 29. 14. ; 

 D'Orh. Moll. Viv. et Fos. i. 352. 



Hah. Mediterranean. Not described. 



19. LOLIGO OSOGADIUM. 



Loligo osogadium Rajin. Freds des Decouv. Somiol. 29. 1814; 

 nOrh. Moll. Viv. et Fos. i. 352. 



Hah. Mediterranean. iN'ot described. 



5 * Fossil Species. Upper Lias. 



20. Loligo pyriformis. 



Shell oblong, smooth, attenuated in front, dilated behind. 



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