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4 * The second and third Pairs of sessile Arms with a hroad mem- 

 branaceous Fin on the inner Edge of the ventral Side, sup- 

 ported by radiating fleshxj Rays. Cups compressed, so as to 

 be in a single Series ; ventral Part of the Mantle fixed to the 

 Head. 



7. Ommastrephes oualaniensis. 



Body elongated, cylindrical. Pinnae terminal, broad, transverse. 

 Arms short, unequal, furnished with one row of cups. Shell elon- 

 gate, narrow. 



Ommastrephes oualiensis D'Orb. Moll. Viv. et Fos. i. 427. 



Loligo oualaniensis Lesson, Voy. de Coquille, Zool. 240. t. 1. f. 2. 

 1830 ; Feruss. Ceph. Acet. t. 3. 



Loligo Vanicoriensis Quoy §• Gaim. Voy. Ast. Moll. ii. 79. t. 5. f. 

 1, 2. 1833. 



Loligo brevitentaculata Quoy 8f Gaim. 1. c. 81. 1833. 



Ommastrephes oceanicus DOrb. Ceph. Acet. Calmars, t. 21. Om- 

 mastrephes, t. 1. f. 14 — 16., rings, 1839. 



Hab. Throughout the Indian Ocean. 



In spirits. Mus. Leach. 



b. ? Cape of Good Hope. In spirits, not in a good state. 



Presented by the Earl of Derby. 



c. South Sea. In spirits, bad state. Presented by A. Menzies, 



Vancouver's Voyage. 



§§ Body transparent, tubercular beneath. One or two Cups on the 

 second Pair of sessile Arms larger. — Hyaloteuthis. 



8. Ommastrephes pelagicus. 



Body elongate, subcylindrical, smooth above, with scattered opaque 

 tubercles, in eight cross lines beneath. Fins about a quarter 

 the length of the body, very thin, nicked in front, together 

 transverse, rhomboidal, with rounded angles. Sessile arms tri- 

 angular ; cups in two alternate lines, longly peduncled. Ten- 

 tacular arms very slender, scarcely clubbed, with a series of 

 peduncled cups. Diaphanous white, red-spotted. Shell very 

 thin, very slender, without any ribs, with a small terminal cene. 



Sepia pelagica Bosc, Buff, de Deterv. Hist. Nat. Vers, i. 46. t. 1. f. 



1, 2. 1802. 

 Calmar pelagica Montfort. Buff, de Sonnin. Atoll, ii. 86. t. 19. 1805. 

 Loligo pelagicus Feruss. Diet. Class, iii. 67. n. 7. 1823; D'Orb, 



Tab. Cephal. 63. n. 7, Ceph. Acet. t. 18. f. 1, 2. 



