!.")() Lounu 8. 



(p.87). The figure obtained by an otlicer of the vessel during t he 

 three hours' encounter with this animal. to^ct her >\'ith a few 

 details, sutliee- tu sho* that it was a Loftgro, although the ten- 



tacular arms an- not represented. No specific characters were 

 available to Messrs. ('roc \ Fischer. an<l like /,. lliirti n<jit, 

 with which it m:iy be identical, its distinctive character is 

 its si/e. 



L. MINIMA. Fer. I'l. :>S. ||o-. l'.|-_>. 



Body smooth, oblong, conical : fins very small, at the end of 

 body, semicircular, I'm- ajtart; sessile arms short, rather unequal. 

 cups in two lines; tentacular arms long, cylindrical, scarcely 

 enlarged at the. end, with two rows of small, alternate, 



peduncled cups. 



African Coast. 

 Ton young for recognition. 



L. osocAiur.M. Kaf. Mediterranean. 



L. LANCKOLATA. Il:if. Meditert'd ncan. 



''. L. (ANISOCTUS) PUNCTATI s. liaf. Atlantic Ocraii. 



''. L. (AxisocTusi BicoLOti, Haf. Atlantic Ocean. 



The above have not been sufficient!} 7 characterized. The 

 Lfenns Ani.<in-fiifi is said to have the aspect of a /;<>//</<>. an inter- 

 nal shell, but only eight arms. No such animal is known, and 

 probably the tentacles were withdrawn or wanting to the speci- 

 mens seen by Kafmesque. 



L. i ARI M I I.AT\. Schneider. Gulf of' 



(Ji-iius LOLIOLUS. Sifcn.-tni|i. 



/.//',/,, hf illicit' r(i % L. Ix-rrij,;,,,/'!. and other Loligines with 

 blunt extremity and round (ins. may perhaps belong to this 

 *mall group, which is not widely separated by its characters from 



Loligo. 



ust. I'l. no. lig. I'M;. 



\\'tt\\ short, blunt behind: siphon >horl and broad; lateral 

 .-inns with large snckn-s ; tentacles long, the clubs not larger. 

 with very -mall -iiekei--. Shell with broad expansions, and a 

 -harp keel on the shaft. 



Habitat unknown. 



