220 TEUTHID^. 



2. S. RoNDELETii, Leach. 



Suckers on the lower pairs of arms simiLar to those ou the 

 others. 



Plate MMM. fig. 1. 



ASepio/w, RONDELET, 1554. 



„ Rondeleti, Gesnek, Aldrovandus, &c. 

 Sepia sepiola, Linn. ed. 12, vol. i. p. 1096. 



Loliffo „ Lam. Mem. Soc. d'Hist. Nat. de Paris, p. 16. — An. sans Vert. 



vol. vii. p. 664. — Blainv. Diet, des Sc. Nat. vol. xxvii. p. 184. 



— Carus. Act. Acad. Nat. Cur. vol. xii. pt. 2, p. 318, pi. 29, f. 2, 



3. — Philippi, Enum. Moll. Soc. vol. i. p. 241. — Gervais and 



Van Beneden, Bull. Acad. R. de Brux. vol. v. p. 428. 



Sepiola Itondeletii, Leach, Nat. Misc. vol. iii. p. 138. — D'Orbig. and Fkrus. 



Ceph. Acet. p. 330, Scpioles, pi. 1, f. 1 to 6; pi. 2, f. 3, 4; 



pi. 3, f. 6-9.— D'Orbio. Moll. Viv. et Foss. p. 249, pi. 10, 



f. 13 Verany, Moll. Med. vol. i. p. 56, pi. 22. 



In all respects of form and proportions this species 

 appears to agree with the last. Our British examples have 

 a body apparently slightly shorter and more rounded ; 

 the arms are rather stouter at their bases ; the lateral 

 arms rather larger ; the tentacular arms longer and with 

 more slender peduncles ; the suckers larger ; and (a great 

 and easily made-out difference) the terminal suckers of 

 the lower arms gradually diminishing and alternating 

 throughout. In spirits their bodies exhibit an uniform 

 pink hue. 



Yerany describes Mediterranean examples as being of a 

 delicate rose colour, dotted with spots of wine-red neutral 

 tint. The middle of the body is marked by a large irre- 

 gular blotch of bluish tint, indicating the position of the 

 viscera within. Beneath, it is bluish dotted with pink. 

 Around the eyes the head is tinged with blue and green. 



At present we venture to cite only such British exam- 

 ples as belong to the Itondeletii.^ without a question. We 



