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spirits. Hinder part of body produced, subvesicular. 

 Presented by J. Cranch, Esq., Congo Expedition. 

 Loligo Smithii Leach. 



b, c. West Africa, lat. 1° 8' N., long. 26° 30' E. Half- 

 grown, not good state. In spirits. Hinder part of 

 body suddenly contracted into a short tail. Presented 

 by J. Cranch, Esq., Congo Expedition. 

 Loligo leptura Leach. 



d. West Africa, lat. 1° 8' N., long. 26° 30' E. The head and 

 arms only. Presented by J. Cranch, Esq., Congo Expe- 

 dition. 



2. Enoploteuthis margaritifera. 



Body elongate. Fins rhombic, about two-thirds the length of the 

 body, acute on the sides. Eyes with five round tubercles on 

 the ventral side. Sessile arms rounded behind, not finned ; the 

 third and fourth pairs much thicker. Tentacular arms scarcely 

 enlarged above, subulate, and unarmed at the tip, with a small 

 round group of four or five cups at the base, and three or four 

 small hooks in the middle. Shell broad lanceolate, thin, trans- 

 parent. 



Enoploteuthis margaritifera Riippell, Giornale del Gabin. di Mes- 

 sina, xxvi. 1844, 2. f. 1. 



Hab. Sicily, Messina. Riippell. 



a, b. Messina. In spirits. From Dr. Ruppell's Collection. 

 c. The shell of a. in spirits. 



3 Enoploteuthis Verant. 



Body conical. Fins rhombic, half as long as the body, large angular 

 on the sides. Second pair of arms finned on the outer side. 



Enoploteuthis Verany Ruppell, Giorn. del Gabin. di Messina, xxvi. 

 1844, 3. f. 2. 



Hab. Genoa. 



4. Enoploteuthis Owenii. 



Body conical, pointed behind. Fins rhombic, more than half the 

 length of the body, nicked in front, rounded on the sides. — Rosy 

 white. 



Enoploteuthis Owenii Verany, Congress, di Napoli, Cat. Anim. 

 Invert. Genova, 17. 29. n. 54. t. 6. f. 2, 3. 



Hab. Genoa. Perhaps the same as E. Verany. 



