LOLIGIDiE : LEPTOTEUTHIS, BELOTEUTHIS. 85 



1. Leptoteuthis GIGAS. 



Shell lanceolate, smooth, blunt In front, pointed behind. 



Leptoteuthis gi^as Meyer^ Miis. Lenskenb. i. 202. ; Bronn^ Tas- 

 chenb. 1836, 56. ; D'Orb. Moll. Viv. et Fos. i. 363. t. 21. 



Fos. Oxford clay, SolenhofFen. 



7. BELOTEUTHIS. 



^7i?ma/ unknown. — Shell internal, horny, lanceolate, flat, acumi- 

 nated in front, enlarged and winged behind, with a central 

 convex, and two diverging lateral concave ridges in the concave 

 beneath. — Fossil. Upper Lias. 



Beloteuthis (pars) 3Iunster, Beitr. Petref. vi. t. 5. f. 1. 1843; 

 nOrb. Moll. Viv. et Fos. i. 364. \^A5,Paleont. univ. t. 16. 1845. 

 Sepiolites sp. Munster^ 1843. 

 Teuthopsis sp. ? Bronn, Ges. der Nat. iii. 541. 



1. Beloteuthis subcostata. 



Shell compressed, lanceolate, attenuated in front, substriated 

 above, and rather costated beneath. 



Beloteuthis subcostata Munster^ Beitr, Petref. 61. t. 5. f. 2. t. 6. 



f. 2. ; D'Orb. Moll. Viv. et Fos. i. 363., PaUont. univ. X. 16., Pa- 



leont. etrang. t. 13. 

 B. substriata Munster., 1. c. 62. t. 5. f. 3. t. 6. f. 5. 

 B. acuta Munster^ 1. c. 63. t. 6. f. 4. 

 B. venusta Munster, 1. c. 64. t. 14. f. 2. 

 B. ampullaris (pars) Munster.^ 1. c. t. 5. f. 1. not t. 6. f. 1. 

 Sepialites substriatus Munster, 1. c. 76. t. 6. i. Q.? 



Fos. L^pper Lias, Wurtemburg. 



8. BELE]\INOSEPIA. 



Animal unknown. — Shell internal, horny, thin, broad; central 

 part gradually increasing in breadth to the more or less pro- 

 duced broad front part, and with a rounded expansion on 

 each side behind ; the lines of growth of the central part trans- 

 verse, and of the lateral wing arched and concentric ; the hinder 

 part convex above and concave beneath. — Fossil. Upper 

 Lias and Oxford Clay. 



Belemnosepia Agassiz, Lehrb. 1835, 627. 1836, 36. in Buchland, 

 Geol. i. 374. note, 1836, ed. 2. 414. 1839 ; Desh. in Lamck. Hist. 



