104 THE INVERTEBRATE FAUNA OF THE FIRTH OF FORTH. 



shores, common (M ( B^) ; Granton and 

 Craigroyston, cast ashore alive (Jf.). 

 This species is rather common in the Firth. 

 We have found it alive at Portobello, 

 Kinghorn, and Craigroyston, and have 

 frequently obtained it dead, cast ashore. 



Ommatostrephes sagittatus (Lamk.). 



Firth of Forth (Ed. Mus.). 



Loligo vulgaris (Lamk.). 



Firth of Forth (Dr Grant, F. and H.) : off 

 Seafield, 1854 (M'B.) ; Craigroyston (M). 

 We have found this species frequently cast 

 ashore at Portobello, Kinghorn, and 

 Granton. 



L. media (Linn.). 



Aberlady Bay, 1857 (M'R). 



Eossia macrosoma (Delle Chiaje). 



We obtained an adult individual of this 

 species alive, at low water, on the Silver 

 Sands, Aberdour, a few years ago. 



Sepiola rondeleti (Leach). 



Probably this is the species referred to 

 under the name of Loligo sepiola by Dr 

 Fleming, in his " British Animals," as hav- 

 ing been found in the Firth of Forth by 

 Dr Grant and also by himself. 



II. OCTOPODA 



OCTOPID.E. 



Octopus vulgaris (Lamk.). 



Firth of Forth (Grant) ; not unfrequent in 



the Firth (Neill). 



Probably it is this species which is re- 



corded from the Forth by Dr Coldstream 



as Octopus octopodia. 

 Eledone cirrosa (Lamk.). 



Kirkcaldy Bay, 1855 (MR). 



