80 CATALOGUE OF CEPHALOPODA. 



Labial membrane with four or five cups at the angles (see 

 Ferussac, 1. c. t. 5. f. 4. t. 7. f. 8.). Shell lanceolate, narrow, 

 widest at one third the length, central ridge very strong. Sides 

 thickened, and [diverging to the upper extremity of the ex- 

 pansion. 



Sepioteuthis mauritiana Quoy fy Gaim. Voy. Ast. Moll. ii. 76. t. 4. 

 f. 2—6. 1833 ; D'Orb. et Feruss. Cephal. Acet. Sepioteuthis, t. 5. 

 f. 1—4. t. 7. f. 1—5. ; D'Orb. Moll. Viv. et Fos. i. 328. 



Hab. Mauritius. 



4. Sepioteuthis madagascaeiensis. 



Body oblong, rounded behind. Fins broad, rounded. Cups of 

 tentacular arms unequal, four-rowed. Labial membrane with a 

 single cup at the tip of each angle. Shell lanceolate, rather 

 broad, thickened on the side, upper part rather broad, blackish. 



Sepioteuthis madagascariensis Gray 3IS. B. M. 1836. 

 Hab. Madagascar. 



a. Madagascar. In spirits. Presented by J. E. Gray, Esq. 



b. Shell of a. In spirits. 



fj Shell lanceolate, not thickened on the Sides. 



5. Sepioteuthis Lessoniana. 



Body elongate, spotted with violet. Fins dilated posteriorly. 

 Head broad ; ear crests thick, broad. Sessile arms elongate, 

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

 distant acute teeth. Tentacular arms bluntly clubbed; cups 

 large, very oblique ; rings armed with acute, distant, curved 

 teeth. Shell lanceolate, broadest in the middle ; outer edge not 

 thickened ; central rib broad, extended in front, one fifth the 

 length. 



Sepioteuthis Lessoniana Feruss. If Orb. Tab. des Ceph. 65. 1825 ; 



Lesson, Voy. de Coquille, Moll. 241. t. 11.; D Orb. et Feruss. 



Cephal. Acet. Sepioteuthis, t. 1. t. 6. f. 2—14. ; UOrb. Moll. 



Viv. et Fos. i. 326. 

 Hab. New Guinea. 



a. Bay of Islands, New Zealand. Adult. (Ringsof the cups 



black, nearly edentulous.) Antarctic Expedition. 



b. Shell of a. broken. In spirits. 



c. d. Bay of Islands, New Zealand. Young. (Rings of the 



cups brown, with numerous acute teeth.) Antarctic 

 Expedition. 



