loligid-s: : TEUDOPSIS. 83 



11. Sepioteuthis major. 



Body subcylindrical, attenuated posteriorly ; lateral pinnae pro- 

 duced to the whole length of the body, extended in the middle. 



Sepioteuthis major Gray, Spic. Zool. 3. t. 4. f. 1. (Mus. Col. 

 Surg.) ; jyOrb. et Feruss. Ceplial. Acet. Sepioteuthis, t. 7. f. 12. 

 1828 ; B'Orb. Moll. Viv. et Fos. i. 330. 



Hab. Cape of Good Hope. Mus. Col. Surgeons. The giant of 

 the genus. 



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fj" Fins most dilated behind the Middle of the Body. — Chondro- 



sepia. 



12. Sepioteuthis loliginifokmis. 



Shining fuscous colour above, flesh-coloured beneath, with 

 small reddish points scattered all over ; aliform membrane 

 broader towards the posterior part, of a violet colour under- 

 neath. 



Sepioteuthis lolioiniformis If Orb. Sf Feruss. Ceph. Acet. Sepio- 

 teuthis, t. 4. f. 1. 1839; HOrb. Moll. Viv. et Fos. i. 322. 



Chondrosepia loliginiformis Leuckart ; Riippell, Atlas zu der Beise, 

 t. 21. t. 6. f. 1. 1828. 



Hab. Red Sea. 



13. Sepioteuthis ? 



Sepioteuthis sinensis If Orb. Moll. Viv. et Fos. i. 329. 1845, from 

 Encyclop. Japonaise, art. Jeou-iu (Poisson mou). 



c. Shell elongate, pennate, broad. Animal unknown. Fossil. 



5. TEUDOPSIS. 



Animal unknown. — Shell internal, horny, spathula-formed, very 

 narrow, much prolonged in front and dilated behind, with a 

 narrow medial rib ; the lateral expansion broad, convex above, 

 concave below, representing a kind of spoon at the hinder 

 extremity. — Fossil. Upper Lias. 



Teudopsis (les Teudopsides) Beslongchamps, Mem. Soc. linn. 



Norm. 1835, v. 74. t. 3. f. 1, 2, 3. ; B'Orb. Moll. Viv. et Fos. i. 



359., Paleont. Franq.; Desh. in Lamck. Hist. xi. 241. 

 Beloteuthis sp. Munster, Petref. vi. t. 6. f. 1. ; Broun, Gesch. der 



Naturg. iii. 541. 

 Teuthopsis Bronn, Gesch. der Nat. iii. 541. misprint? 



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