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strong, curved, distant teeth, longest on the highest side. Ten- 

 tacular arms much clubbed, blunt ; cups rather oblique, in four 

 lines ; rings of the larger central ones narrow, with very distant 

 teeth. Shell lanceolate, thickened edge extending up to the 

 shoulder, upper part short. 



Sepioteuthis lunulata Quoy Sf Gaim. Voy. Astrol. Zool. Moll. ii. p. 

 74. t. 3. f. 8—13. ?? 1832 ; UOrb. et Feruss. Cephal. Acet. Se- 

 pioteuthis, t. 3. f. 1. t. 6. f. 1—8.; UOrb. Moll. Viv. et Fos. i. 

 323. t. 17. f. 5—8. 



Sepioteuthis guinensis (Sepioteuthe de Dorei) Quoy 8f Gaim. Voy. 

 Astrol. Zool. Moll. ii. 72. t. 3. f. 1—7. 1833. 



Sepioteuthis dorensis IX Orb. et Feruss. Ceph. Acet. Sepioteuthis, t. 

 3. f. 3. <? ? 1833. 



Hab. New Guinea, Vanikoro. 



2. Sepioteuthis austraeis. 



Body oblong-elongate, cylindrical, truncated in front, acuminate 

 and blunt behind. Fins very broad, very fleshy, subrhomboidal, 

 broadest in the middle of the body. Sessile arms elongate, un- 

 equal; order of length, 3, 4, 2, 1. Tentacular arms very strong, 

 compressed ; club large ; cups very large ; rings of larger cups 

 with very blunt distant teeth. Shell thin, flexible, lanceolate, 

 widest at one third its length ; central rib prominent, expansion 

 commencing near its upper end. 



Sepioteuthis australis Quoy $• Gaim. Voy. Astrol. Zool. ii. 77. t. 4. 

 f. 1. 1833, Regne Animal du Cuv. t. 3.; If Orb. et Feruss. 

 Cephal. Acet. Sepioteuthis. t. 5. f. 5. t. 6. f. 15—21. ; If Orb. 

 Moll. Viv. et Fos. i. 324. t. 17. f. 15. 



Hab. New Holland. 



Var. 1. Cups on labial membrane, three in one line. 



a. Port-Jackson, Australia. Half-grown. In spirits. Pre- 



sented by J. B. Jukes, Esq. n. 81. 



b. The shell of a. 



Var. 2. Cups on labial membrane, five in two lines. 



c. Darnley Island, Australasia. Adult. In spirits. Presented 



by J. B. Jukes, Esq. n. 241. 



3. Sepioteuthis mauritlana. 



Body spotted with violet, cylindrical, acuminated behind. Fins 

 narrow, widest at two thirds the length of the body. Sessile 

 arms unequal ; order of length 3, 4, 2, 1 ; cups oblique ; rings 

 with a number of acute, hooked, curved teeth. Tentacular 

 arms slender ; cups rather oblique ; rings of the middle cups 

 with acute, distant, hooked teeth, largest on the highest side. 



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