108 CATALOGUE OF CEPHALOPODA. 



unequal ; order of length, 4, 3, 2, 1 ; cups spherical, with very 

 small smooth-edged rings. Tentacular arms lanceolate, with 

 very small numerous equal-sized cups in many lines, and with 

 toothless rings. Shell ovate, oblong, tubercularly wrinkled, 

 depressed, broader in the middle, narrow behind, and furnished 

 with an elongated compressed beak beneath ; convex in front, 

 concave and with a diaphragm behind. 



Sepia rostrata _D' Orbigny, Cephal. Acet. Seiches, t. 8. f. 6. 1826, t. 

 29. 1839, Paleont. univ. Sf Paleont. etrang. t. 4. f. 11, 12., Moll. 

 Viv. et Fos. i. 293. t. 13. f. 11, 12. shell. 



Hab. Indian Ocean, Bombay, Ceylon, and New Holland. 



In this and in several of M. D'Orbigny's descriptions, the French 

 and Latin versions differ. I have taken the French as being most 

 probably the correct one. 



23. Sepia indica. 



Body short, round, smooth. Fins thick, narrow, broader behind. 

 Sessile arms short, unequal ; order of length, 4, 3, 1, 2 ; cups 

 hemispherical. Tentacular arms very long, slender ; cups very 

 small, equal-sized, in ten or twelve series. Shell ovate oblong, 

 wrinkled, acuminate at each end, shortly beaked behind, with a 

 thick convex diaphragm behind beneath. 



Sepia Blainvillei UOrb. 8f Feruss. Ceph. Acet. t. 21. 1839, not 



Desh. 1837 ; D'Orb. Moll. Viv. et Fos. i. 295. 

 Sepia indica UOrb. Moll. Viv. et Fos. i. 298. 1845. 

 ? S. australis D"Orb. Cephal. Acet. Sepia, t. 7. f. 4. bone of young, 



Moll. Viv. et Fos. i. 294. not Quoy. 



Hab. Bombay, New Holland. 



a. Cape Upstart, Australia. In spirits. Presented by J. B. 

 Jukes, Esq. 



24. Sepia myrsus. 



Animal ? Bone oblong, the hinder extremity rounded, 



rather produced, shelly, with a slight thickening within ; apex 

 blunt, rather produced, inner surface suddenly thickened, the 

 upper half convex, with a slight central depression. 



Hab. China. 



a. China. Shell. Dry. 



25. Sepia Mestus. 



Animal ■ ? Bone oblong, rounded behind ; cavity nar- 

 row behind, rapidly widening (surface destroyed) ; apex elon- 

 gated, acute, recurved, shelly. 



