sepiad^; : sepia. 109 



Hob. Australia. 



a, b. Australia. Shell. Dry. Presented by Andrew Sinclair, 

 M.D. R.N. 



§§ Sessile Arms loith equal, small Cups. The upper Pair with two 



Bows of Cups. 



26. Sepia elegans. 



Body ovate, oblong, elongate, smooth, acuminated anteriorly. Fins 

 very narrow. Head smooth. Sessile arms short, unequal ; length, 

 4,3, 1,2; cups spherical, oblique, in two rows on the dorsal 

 pair and the base of the other, and in four rows on their ends, 

 the second and middle rows of the latter larger. Tentacular 

 arms long, with five series of small cups and three much larger 

 ones ; with the rings rather oblique and toothed. Shell elon- 

 gated, arched behind, very narrow, winged and pointed in 

 front, very narrow and winged behind, with a medial crest 

 externally. 



Sepia elegans UOrb. Tab. Meth. Seiches, t. 8. f. 1—5. 1826; 

 Blainv. Diet. Sc. Nat. xlviii. 284., Faune Franq. 19.; Rang, Mag. 

 de Zool. 1837, 74. t. 99.; UOrb. et Feruss. Ceph. Acet. Seiches, t. 

 8. f. 1—5. t. 27. f. 3—6. ; UOrb. Paleont. univ. t. 3. f. 6—8., 

 Paleont. etrang. t. 3., Moll. Viv. et Fos. i. 285. t. 12. f. 6—8. 



Hub. Mediterranean, Messina, Adriatic, Malaga, and Coast of 

 Algiers. 



TS 



27. Sepia Orbignyana. 



Body oblong, elongated, smooth. Fins narrow, thin. Head 

 very large. Sessile arms short, triangular, unequal ; order of 

 length, 1 , 4, 3, 2 ; cups subspherical, in two rows on the base of 

 the three upper pairs, and four on the ventral pair ; horny rings 

 entire. Tentacular arms slender ; club lanceolate ; cups in five 

 lines, with five or six very large ones in the middle line. Shell 

 elongated, grooved above, granular ; narrow and acuminated 

 in front ; narrowed, thin, rounded, and with an elongated re- 

 curved beak behind. — Head and back violet, beneath white. 



Sepia Orbignyana Feruss. D'Orb. Tab. Meth. des Ceph. 66. 1826, 

 Ann. Sc. Nat. 1826; Blainv. Faune Franq. 19.; VOrb. et 

 Feruss. Cephal. Acet. Seiches, t. 5. t. 27. f. 1, 2.; D'Orb. 

 Paleont. univ. t. 4. f. 3, 4., Paleont. etrang. t. 4. f. 3, 4., Moll. 

 Viv. et Fos. i. 274. t. 13. f. 3, 4. 



Hab. Atlantic Ocean and Mediterranean, Naples. 



