64 CATALOGUE OF CEPHALOPODA. 



Ominastrephes pelaaicus D'Orb. Ceph. Acet. Ommastrephes, t. 1. 

 f. 17, 18. animal, 1839, Moll. Viv. et Fos. i. 422. 



Hab. Atlantic Ocean. 



a. St. Lucia. In spirits, not good state. Presented by Miss 

 R. Alexander. 



3 § Doubtful recent Species. 



9. Ommastrephes laticeps. 



Body subgelatinous, bluish white, red, and brown, spotted, oval, 

 elongate, ending in an acute point. Sessile arms equal. Ten- 

 tacular arms with small cups. Fins thin, rounded, terminal, — 

 A young animal. 



Ommastrephes laticeps D 'Orb. Moll. Viv. et Fos. i. 428. 



Loligo laticeps Owen, Trans. Zool. Soc. Lond. t. 21. f. 6 — 10. 1836. 



Cranchia pellucida Rang, Mag. de Zool. 67. t. 94. (1837). 



Hab. Atlantic Ocean, near equator. 



10. Ommastrephes arabicus. 



Body round, gradually attenuating into an obtuse round tail. Fins 

 rhomboidal, including half the body and the tail. Sessile arms 

 with two rows of equal cups. Club of tentacular arms with five 

 rows of cups, three middle rows largest ; rings toothed. Shell 

 narrow, cartilaginous. 



Pteroteuthis arabica Ehrenbcrg, Symbolce Physicce, 1831. 

 Ommastrephes arabicus D'Orb. Moll. Viv. et Fos. i. 428. n. 12. 



Hab. Red Sed, volcanic island of Ketumbal. 



11. Ommastrephes Meneghixii. 



Body ovate, conical, tapering behind. Fins posterior, half the 

 length of the body, together oblong, rounded on the sides. 



Loligo Meneghinii Verany, Ceph. ex Sicilia, t. 2. f. 1. 



Hab. Sicily. 



12. Ommastrephes Biakconii. 



Body ovate, tapering behind. Fins posterior, together triangular, 

 acute behind, and rounded at the outer upper angles. Shell 

 narrow, lanceolate, wider above, contracted, and ending in a 

 cone at the tip. 



Loligo Bianconii Verany, Ceph. ex Sicilia, t. 2. f. 3. 



Hab. Sicily. 



