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  PROCHEDINQS 
  OF 
  THE 
  JIALACOLOGICAL 
  SOCIETY. 
  

  

  Sepia 
  papillata, 
  Quoy 
  & 
  Gaimard. 
  PI. 
  II, 
  Figs. 
  1, 
  2. 
  

  

  Sepia 
  papillata, 
  Quoy 
  & 
  Gaimard, 
  Voy. 
  Astrolabe, 
  Zool., 
  vol. 
  ii, 
  1832, 
  

   p. 
  61, 
  atlas, 
  pi. 
  i, 
  figs. 
  6-14. 
  

  

  Sliell 
  elongate 
  ovate, 
  in 
  adult 
  specimens 
  sometimes 
  contracted 
  

   somewhat 
  anteriorly 
  ; 
  striated 
  area 
  a 
  little 
  concave, 
  with 
  a 
  median 
  

   groove 
  or 
  depression 
  which 
  is 
  faintly 
  continued 
  upon 
  the 
  last 
  loculus 
  ; 
  

   inner 
  cone 
  shallow, 
  rounded 
  at 
  the 
  end, 
  its 
  limbs, 
  of 
  a 
  pale 
  brownish 
  

   colour, 
  reacliing 
  almost 
  half 
  the 
  total 
  length, 
  spreading 
  more 
  or 
  less, 
  

   and 
  sometimes 
  somewhat 
  pointedly 
  produced 
  posteriorly 
  ; 
  spine 
  very 
  

   obtuse 
  and 
  short, 
  with 
  an 
  excavation 
  or 
  pit 
  between 
  it 
  and 
  the 
  margin. 
  

   The 
  dorsal 
  surface 
  has 
  a 
  feeble 
  central 
  rounded 
  ridge, 
  with 
  a 
  faint 
  

   depression 
  on 
  each 
  side, 
  and 
  is 
  finely 
  wrinkled 
  everywhere, 
  excepting 
  

   towards 
  the 
  hinder 
  part, 
  where 
  the 
  wrinkling 
  becomes 
  coarser. 
  The 
  

   colour 
  of 
  the 
  dorsal 
  surface 
  is 
  pale 
  reddish 
  excepting 
  the 
  posterior 
  thin 
  

   sides, 
  which 
  are 
  whitish. 
  

  

  Length 
  of 
  Quoy's 
  type 
  76 
  mm., 
  width 
  37. 
  

  

  Uab. 
  — 
  Port 
  Elizabeth 
  (J. 
  H. 
  Ponsonby 
  and 
  H. 
  A. 
  Spencer) 
  ; 
  

   Tongaat 
  Beach, 
  Natal 
  (H. 
  C. 
  Buruup) 
  ; 
  Cape 
  of 
  Good 
  Hope 
  

   (Quoy 
  & 
  Gaimard). 
  

  

  One 
  of 
  the 
  specimens 
  presented 
  to 
  the 
  British 
  Museum 
  by 
  

   Mr. 
  Spencer 
  is 
  134 
  mm, 
  in 
  length 
  and 
  60 
  in 
  width. 
  

  

  In 
  general 
  structure 
  this 
  species 
  resembles 
  S. 
  mestns, 
  Gray,' 
  from 
  

   Australia, 
  but 
  differs 
  in 
  the 
  absence 
  of 
  the 
  keeled 
  spine, 
  in 
  the 
  

   expansion 
  of 
  the 
  limbs 
  of 
  the 
  inner 
  cone 
  being 
  more 
  narrowly 
  

   produced 
  posteriorly, 
  and 
  in 
  rather 
  coarser 
  dorsal 
  wrinkling. 
  The 
  

   almost 
  obsolete 
  spine 
  appears 
  to 
  be 
  a 
  constant 
  feature 
  both 
  in 
  young 
  

   and 
  old 
  specimens. 
  

  

  Quoy 
  & 
  Gaimard 
  do 
  not 
  describe 
  this 
  feature, 
  but 
  it 
  is 
  quite 
  

   possible 
  they 
  may 
  have 
  regarded 
  it 
  as 
  an 
  abnormality 
  in 
  their 
  

   specimen, 
  since 
  there 
  is 
  no 
  evidence 
  that 
  they 
  had 
  other 
  examples. 
  

   However, 
  their 
  figure 
  12, 
  although 
  somewhat 
  crude, 
  sufficiently 
  

   shows 
  that 
  their 
  sliell 
  had 
  an 
  obtuse 
  spine 
  similar 
  to 
  those 
  in 
  the 
  

   series 
  I 
  have 
  examined. 
  It 
  should 
  be 
  noted 
  also 
  that 
  the 
  limbs 
  of 
  tlie 
  

   inner 
  cones 
  are 
  rather 
  variable. 
  Sometimes, 
  as 
  in 
  the 
  Astrolabe 
  

   figure, 
  they 
  do 
  not 
  expand 
  much 
  posteriorly. 
  On 
  the 
  contrary, 
  in 
  

   some 
  specimens 
  they 
  spread 
  considerably, 
  and 
  become 
  rather 
  pointed 
  

   posteriorly. 
  I 
  have 
  given 
  the 
  above 
  particulars, 
  since 
  the 
  description 
  

   in 
  the 
  Astrolabe 
  is 
  very 
  superficial 
  and 
  incomplete. 
  

  

  Sepia 
  jousseadmi, 
  Rochebrune. 
  

  

  Sepia 
  jousseauyni, 
  Ilochebrune, 
  Bull. 
  Soc. 
  Philom. 
  Paris, 
  ser. 
  vii, 
  

   vol. 
  viii, 
  1884, 
  p. 
  117. 
  

  

  Hob. 
  — 
  Cape 
  of 
  Good 
  Hope 
  (Rocliebrune). 
  

  

  This 
  unfigured 
  species 
  is 
  known 
  only 
  by 
  the 
  brief 
  inadequate 
  

   description. 
  The 
  shell 
  or 
  'sepium 
  ', 
  as 
  it 
  is 
  termed 
  by 
  Steenstrup, 
  is 
  

   described 
  as 
  " 
  ovoide, 
  attenue 
  en 
  avant, 
  arrondi 
  en 
  arriere, 
  a 
  ailes 
  

   large, 
  arme 
  en 
  arriere 
  d'un 
  mucron 
  obtus 
  ; 
  face 
  dorsal 
  tres 
  finement 
  

  

  ^ 
  Type 
  figured 
  by 
  Hoyle 
  in 
  Challenger 
  Ceplialopoda, 
  pp. 
  123, 
  135. 
  

  

  