II \i;iT> Of I Ml I I'll M.ul ..... A. 



It i^ ah o^r! her probable HIM! pelagic cephalopoda^ hiLdilv or- 



i/.ed, with powerful loi-oliiotive M|>|)MI:i 1 1 - . Mll'l freiplelitly 

 i/.c Mini - may clljo\ M I i -t M 1 HI ! i< )ll fully 



e<|iial to HIM' !' the li' or:d -pccio : Midi i- kii(>\\n ' !.< the 



in -M>inc ispeeie^ which. normally circiimboreal in distribu- 



tion, are fount! nevertheless t'\.fii<lin^ into temperate latitudes 



in hot ll nee:m>. 



Unlit'/* it/' //ir ('<'i>li<tl[><xlii. 



1. < Utservatitms on c(>vt:iin points in the naturnl liistory of the, ( Vphalo- 

 ]i<'tU. r,y Dr. I'anl FischiT. 



I is ditlicult to sindy the eeph:dop<>ds in Hie living state. 

 Mo<: of them. :ieeii>-.oiiu-d 10 move freely in space, will nol 

 Mt-rii-'oin themselves to the s! I'M iii'ht ene<l li mil s of t he M< pia ri urn ; 

 besides; he disrlia rn'e of ill k. made upon the sliii'htesi distnrl)- 

 ance, discolors and ol>scui-es Hie water for entire hours. Kxeept 

 soiiu- M-,,d liii'iiri's of Poulpes. there are no really ^ood repi'e- 

 sen niion-. of these animals, because they have ahvays heen 

 ma<le from dead specimen-. 



The observations recorded were made in August, isr.i;. at the 

 :upi:riuin of A rcachon. (Jironde. France. Besides the usual 

 here are here vasl basins with earth bottoms, and 

 of model-ate depth, which receive the results of the fishery on 

 the shore itself. \Vithout this commodious arranircment. it 

 would lie impossible to preserve living. Hie very delicate 

 animals. 



i/r njlirimilia. Thf iNiermeii ii':it her t lie younir indi vi<!tials. 

 iwronx. for food. When caught for t he atpiarium, t hey 

 arc ai lir-' plneed in the u'ri-at basins ; they show tliem>elves 

 very timid, discharu'e inky clouds, am! hide under tloatin^ 

 objec;-^; a Iway^ shaded, they remain immobile in the hori/outal 



ion. nearly touching the earth by their ventral surf 

 After some days of repose, they are transferred to a ula-- 

 aquarinm. 



The nonnal position of the Sepia is hori/ontal. the fins undu- 



lating gently, the sessile anns joined at their extremities, form- 



at of |)\ramid or tet raheilon. In this position the 



ap|cai-ancc of the head ami arm> i> very like that of an elephant '- 



