membrane of :il 1 .icliniciit . We know Inil, little of tip 



Octopus Aristotle describes them as similar to those of A 



n:iut:i. :in<l attached \\ithin shells <>r simil;ir pOUCave BUrfacee I 



figure :i group of 1 lie eggs of ( h-/n/,n.-< y ,n ,/c/u//i.< of ( i.'ilili. from 

 1 heno. ( ';ll. Kach lellgt helled, ol ilolig. tra lispa relit. Mild ei >l< M h ->- 

 i- attached separately to a stalk, and t went \ -live may be toil I id 

 in :i cluster: t heir -i/.e is represented li\ the li^un'. 1 lin\e also 

 tiuureil ;i jmir <>!' len^t helled c\ lindric:il bodies, siniil;i rl \ :itt:ielied, 

 :tnd one-celled, collected ly <ne of the (JodetlVoy l'i\ |>cd it ion- :it 

 the S:inio:in Islands. The^e :i re hihclcd Kr^-( 1 :i>e- of Octoj.n-. 

 lull they arc prnlmlily those of a Sepioteiit his. 



In Sepia eac-h cii'^- is enveloped in a Large, Spindle-formed black 

 cap>nlc. many of which, f'onninu' a close ma>s, are attached to 

 some marine body. 



Another form of e^LMiiasscs is that in which a number of 

 arc contained in a single larirc caiisnle (of \\iiich many are ag 

 ii'ated into a mass), attached by its pedicel to some submarine 

 object. In lj<>li<i<> rnltf(ir/f<. for exMiuplc, each IOIIL; bau'-like 

 cap^nh- contains thirty to forty eggs. The capsule of Sepio- 

 teuthis is similar, but shorter, and contains fewer co--s. 



During the summer of ls7(> I reside<l at Atlantic City, on the 

 New .Jersey coast, and then enjoyed frequent opportunities for 

 observing the development of I,li<j<> i>inn-t<iiti De Kay: nuu 

 ,,t' eo- u --('apsule> of this species biMii"' thrown upon the beach in 

 considerable quantity throughout the season. Some of these 

 masses, When the embryos had attained considerable growt h. had 

 Li'rown to jtrodigious si/e and weight, being several times larger 

 than of the animal which deposited them. I have si-en hundreds 

 of cylindrical cases, e:ich 'j to 4 inches long and half an inch in 

 diameter, composing :i single, soft, jelly-like mass, which lay 

 quivering on the beach, retlecting from its glistening Mirface 

 rainbow hues, and tilled with almost innumerable, rapidly pul- 

 sating embryos: >a\ at least -JfiO to each sr.ek. The detniN of 

 their form and the colored spots of their body were distinctly 

 visible to the naked eye. Kaeli embryo is enclosed in its sepa- 

 rate round, transparent egg-Case, and during it> ilevelopnient 

 the yolk-bau is attached to its mouth, and surrounded by it- 

 arms. 



