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broad thickened side ; margin thicker on the inner side; central 

 keel very broad, rounded above, thicker in the centre, without 

 any grooves on the sides ; gradually narrower in front. 



Loligo Sloanii Leach, MS. Brit. Mus. 1817. 



Hal>. West Indies. 



a, Honduras. In spirits. 



b. The shell of a. 



c. ? In spirits. Mus. Sloane. 



d. Shell of c, dry. Taken out by Dr. Leach. 



8. Sepioteuthis Blainvilliana. 



Body cylindrical, rather attenuated, but rounded behind. Fins 

 fleshy, outline broader in the middle of the body. Sessile arms 

 slender, long ; rings oblique, thick, with long, close, acute teeth. 

 Tentacular arms, cup moderately large ; rings like those of the 

 sessile arms. Under side of the buccal membrane tuberculously 

 thickened. Shell lanceolate, very broad, thin, lateral expansion 

 broadest in the middle of the length, strongly thickened on the 

 sides of the extremity. 



Sepioteuthis Blainvilliana Feruss. &,- If Orb. Sepioteuthis, t. 2. 

 1839 ; D'Orb. Moll. Yiv. et Fos. i. 327. t. 17. f. 1—4. 



llab. Java. 



*** Buccal Membrane unknown or undescribed. 

 f Fins most dilated on the Middle of the Body. 



9. Sepioteuthis Hemprichii. 



Body compressed, attenuated posteriorly, rounded. Fins subequal, 

 elliptical, enveloping the whole sides. Shell very soft. 



Sepioteuthis Hemprichii Ehrenberg, Sijmbola Physical, Ceph. n. 1. 

 1831 ; UOrb. Moll Viv. et Fos. i. 322. 



Hab. Bed Sea. 



10. Sepioteuthis bilineata. 



Body elongate, rhomboidal, surrounded with a blue mark. Fins 



dilated in the middle. 

 Sepia bilineata Quay Sf Gaim. Voy. Astral. Zool. ii. 66. t. 2. f. 1 . 



1833. 

 Sepioteuthis bilineata D'Orb. Sf Feruss. Cephal, Acet. Sepioteuthis. 



t. 4. f. 2. 1839 ; D'Orb. Moll. Viv. et Fos. i. 325. 



Hab. New Holland. 



