Bpermatophoree disperse their content! in the ir:inclii:.l caviQ of 



1 1,,. m: ,| ( . durin-j tin- BCXUal union, :in<l tlint tin- r<.mp:.H CJ liii'l-r- 



of sperms thus dispersed pass into the ITMIM-IMM! cavity of the 

 female, where they slowlj - 'I''"' '" :ll 1 - :ll ' h ' r ll: ' 



enlaced hU arms with ilios,- of the irnmlr. bringii ther 



Hieir veiii I-M I surfaces, expels tin- spermatozoa, i-oih-d intn :) p.-llet 



thro.i-.di its ^i|.li>i. :.|<MIU with llu- n-spiivd water, :IIM! tl..-y tli-n 



enter the branchial cavity of the female, along with tin- current 

 ( ,f inspiration. Tin- arms ivniMinin- interlaced dnringthe entire 



of aCCOUlement^ !> nol :i(|c:ir 1> |.l:v :my 



luriiiLi' this :ict. 



Lnlnni h.-is s ,nn't inn's seen tin- in : ilc Sc|)i:i. \vli-n sexually 

 excited, insert his arms .r tlu- thin! :nil lonrtli |>:iir- "i. tin- !-n 



Bide into his lefl lr:iin-lii:l opcnin--. whence they :uv witluh-Mwn 

 after some minutes, l.nt without l.c:n'in-- MUV spcrniMtnphoivs upon 

 them; nor with MUV <>tlirr indication <r th.- reason of this move- 

 ment. See, Tor vcrv intcrol in- :in! .Ictnilc.l o!>scrv:it iuii^ on this 

 subject. LM lout's ineinoir. in Annales d<'* S' 1 . ^//.. ."> ser.. \i, 

 L869. 



In the u Actesde l:i So'-it : t(- I/miu-enne," of Uoi'deMiix, 1^7*2, 



M. I,.., lout continues an account of his observations, lie >t:ite- 

 t| i:l t :i Sepia ro/iottt deposited its eggs in one of the l>:isins of 



Arc.-ichon. on the 2:M of MMV. |S7n, :,1t:iHiin<r tliein to :i ZOS- 

 tera. 'r ;( l,iii- it from the water, he found Mil Mi-omul the mouth, 



MitMclir.l by the large end, a certain number of litiK sacs tille<l 



with BpermatOZOa. Kephtccd in the Water, the aniinnl continued 

 t(. ovij)o>it. In MLi'Min exMinin'mii- it. M! the end of Mlout :i halt- 

 hour. hr saw HIM!, the number of sperm-sacks li:id diminished, 

 1|() t more than a dozea remMiniim-. A.S soon as again put in the 



WMter. M UK-lie MpproMciie<l Mild M SCXIUll Ullioll took pK'MM'. He 



immediately examined the feniMle M<i-Min, Mud found the mouth 

 sun-oundMl by spermatophores attached tothe IHICCM! memhrMiie. 



After this e\:imiuMtion. the MiiiiiKil WMS permitted to continue 

 ovip.^ilin-. whi<-h she did for more tliMntwo hours. It is evi. 



dent, says M. Lafont, that these spermato^iores serve i> f---un- 



date the eggs Mt the moment when they pass OUl of lhe>iphoii 



:11 ..l when the female takes them between her arms, sine,- tl.Mt 



,,,-riod more than half Of the feniMles of Sepi:e Mild neMi-ly Mil 



