144 LOL1GO. 



much larger suckers ; tentacles with numerous small cups and 

 smaller ones at the top. Shell lanceolate, thin, with a black 

 central ridge ; anterior part broad, one-fourth the length. 



Not figured. 



Brazil. 



L. GAHI, Orb. PI. 52, fig. 150 ; pi. 53, fig, 153. 



This is another species of the L. Pealii group, from which it 

 d lifers (as does L. Brasilwnni*} in the serrations of the horny 

 rings of the suckers on the tentacular arms being regular in sixe 

 i nst r:i d of alternately larger and smaller. The name is that 

 vulgarly applied to the species by the Chilian fishermen and is 

 of supposed Inca origin. The species is used for food as well 

 as bait, and is a highly esteemed delicacy. Specimens in Mus. 

 Phila. A cad. said to come from the Sandwich Islands, agree well 



in the dentition of the rings with this species. 



Chili. 



L. SUBALATA, Gervais and V. Bened. PL 53, figs. 151, 152. 



Placed \)y error in the genus Rossia, Messrs. Eydoux and 

 Souleyet show that this is a true Loligo. Their figure represents 

 only a few large suckers in two rows on the tentacular clubs, but 

 the text speaks of numerous smaller ones, as is usual in the genus. 

 The suckers of the sessile arms have rings without serrations. 



Indian Ocean, Manilla. 



L. DUVAUCELII, Fer. and Orb. PL 54, figs. 102-104. 



Body oblong, elongate, with rhombic fins half as long ; third 

 pair of sessile arms largest, compressed and externally tinned; 

 cups of ventral arms unequal, the rings with eight or nine blunt 

 truncated teeth; clubs of tentacular arms much enlarged, the 

 rings of the cups with distant, acute teeth. Shell peunate. 

 stem broad. Cray remarks that this may be the yonnij, of his 

 L. Ghinensis. 



Indian Ocean. 



L. HAHI\VICKKI, (Jray. 



This species lias not been figured. The tins are said to be 

 nearly two-thirds the length of the body, rounded on the sides; 

 tentacular arms with numerous small cups, with smaller ones in 

 tour rows at the tip. Shell with very broad wings. Like L. 



