n \ 1:1 i > Of nil. CEPHALOPODA. 



Tin- n;it;il imi of the I'oiilpe lor not ;i. .-ill iv-i-mhi' Mie 



oilier cephalopoda '!' ->\\illl. Mle I'oulpc iai-< -\\ aho\e 



the iinii'*. till- ii with Water, and, al the iiiomcnl Mial I|IP\\ 

 leaves ihe funnel. suddenly d" rms \\hich ;IIT furni>hed 



with :i >u iinininu \\el> :il their ba->e. The in\ emeu' of t he 



ailimal is thus \er\ oh|it|UC. aild il is also |M-;I\ \ :il|(| cllllll- 

 lu'ill'J.' limisril 1(> tllllt lIKxlc (>!' loci. Hint ion. 



s i,iu uflirinulin. --Tin 1 use of tlu- tentacular arms of the Sepias 

 \\:i- .-il'solutcly niikiiowii to me until I h;xl the satisfaction to 

 them iii motion on ;i morning of the month of August (1- 

 ise of the aquarium Inul cont.-iiiuMl for nearly A month a Sf|i;i 



ot'iiu'dium sixr. \vliich. during th:it time. h;nl l;ikeii no nonrisli- 

 inriil. I threw to it :i nilher Inru'e-sixed fisli ( Ciirn //./). \\liieli 

 >u:im to\v:inls the retreat of tlie Se)ii:i who li;il h.-inllv per- 

 eeived it. wlu-n. \vitli i>ro(liii'ious eeleri.v :iii(l precision, lie un- 

 rolled and launched tor\\ard liis tentacular arms, sei/ed the li>h 

 and drew it towards his mouth. The tentacular arms then 

 retracted and disappea red. hut the sessile arms wrapped t hem- 

 -.rhcs closdy around the head and anterior portion of the liody 

 of the unt'oriunate ti>h which never made a movement al'ler it 

 wa> caught. 'The Sepia swam alioiit easily in all directions lor 

 altoui an hour, eat inir the while: it then let the remains of Mu- 

 lish drop to the I >ot torn <>!' i he aquarium, ha vim: opened the skull 

 and devoured the lrain as well as a portion of the muscles of 

 the liack. 



Tin 1 use o\' the tentacular arms N Mien no longer douht t'ul ; 

 they Serve for the Seizure Of food. I have heen aide to verity 

 ihi> lac a -; cond Mine in examining the Calamaries which pur- 

 sued a i roil pe of lit lie (is hes. cap; in inu' i lu-m with these niemliers. 

 Moderate forward or backward progression is no' diu> >ole! 

 thetin^a> I have previously stated, inn is a>^i>ti'(l l>\ the ex- 

 pulsion <>!' wa'er from the funnel: if Mie animal nn>\c foruard. 

 the funnel is recurved in front, and forms nearly a rirhl-:iiii;-|e 

 with the loily : in IT; ro^rade nioxcineni the i|ihon l>ecomcs 

 hori/ontal ; it is placed to the rinhi or lefi when the Sepia 

 would turn, and i- >; nm_i'lv recurxcd from front to hack when it 

 would mount to the surface of the water. 



Dr. I'aul Fischer, Ann.de* Sc. Nat., 5 ser., vi, 308-oJ<>, 



