38 CATALOGUE OF CEPHALOPODA. 



1. CRANCHIA. 



See character of Family. 



Cranchia Leach, Zool. Misc. iii. 137. 1817 ; Tuckey, Voy. 140. 1817; 



Ferussac et UOrb. Tab. Cephal. 58. 1825; Owen, Trans. Zool. 



Soc. ii. 21. 1836 ; UOrb. et Ferussac, Ceph. Acet. 1839 ; D'Orb. 



Moll. Viv. et Fos. i. 238., Moll. Antil. 1839. 

 Calmars B. Les Cranchies Blainv. Diet. Sc. Nat. xxvii. 135. 



1. Cranchia scabea. 



Body and head covered above with numerous horny tubercles, 

 divided into two, three, or four points. Body very voluminous, 

 flask-shaped. Fins rounded, united by their_ sides. Eyes 

 very large. Sessile arms unequal ; order of their length, 3, 2, 

 4, 1 ; cups far apart on the margin of the arms. Tentacular 

 arms contractile ; cups smaller than those of the sessile arms. 

 Shell horny, very narrow ; narrowed in the middle, and ex- 

 panded and acute at each end. 



Cranchia scabra Leach, Tuckey, Exped. to Congo, 410. t. 1817, 

 Zool. Miscell. iii. 137., Journ. de Phys. lxxxvi. 395., PI. de Juin, 

 n. 6. ; D'Orbigny, Tab. Meth. Class, de Ceph. 58.; Owen, Trans. 

 Zool. Soc. ii. t. 21. f. 1—5. ; D'Orb. et Feriuts. Ceph. Acet. n. 1., 

 Cranchia, t. 1. f. 1. ; D'Orb. Moll, des Antilles, i. 32. n. 7., Moll. 

 Viv. et Fos. i. 239. t. 8. from Owen and Leach. 



Loligo Cranchii Blainv. Joum. de Phys. 123. 1823, Diet. Sc. Nat. 

 xxvii. 135. ; Ferussac, Diet. Class, a" Hist. Nat. iv. Atlas, f. 4. 



Hab. Atlantic Ocean. Sea of West Indies. 



a. Africa, Congo. In spirits. Mr. J. Cranch, from the 



Congo Expedition. 



b. The shell of a. 



2. Cranchia maculata. 



Body smooth, very beautifully marked with black spots ; ovate, 

 distant. Head and arms ? 



Cranchia maculata Leach, Tuckey, Exped. to Congo, 410. t. 1817, 



Journ. de Phys. lxxxvi. 395.; D'Orbigny, Tab. Meth. de la 



Class, de Ceph. 58., Moll. Viv. et Fos. i. 241. ; D'Orb. et 



Feruss. Ceph. Acet. 224. 



Loligo lsevis Blainville, Journ. de Phys. 123. 1823, Diet, des Sc. 



Nat. xxvi. 135. 

 Hab. Atlantic Ocean. 



a. Africa, Congo. In spirits. The sac only. Presented 

 by Mr. J. Cranch, from the Congo Expedition. 



