S. .1 M'oMr \. l-'cr. Mini < )rb. 



r>od\ ohiouo ; tins widened ; cup tile arms in Iwo alter- 



nating lino, \vitli M chiVMle muscular lulu- bet ween 1 hem : ten- 



taclea lon^-. rvlimlriral. scarcely enlarged Mt tin- dubs. with very 



minute sucker-. Not fruuivd. 



'tin. 



iirin* irith <'ii/fit fi'irx J r,i ^n. 



BNOD \ n i. \. tii'Miit. IM. ;;. MO-. _>:;.). 



Hodv short. rounded lieliind ; tins sulu-inMil:i r ; lu-jifl l:n 

 x-ssilc nnns tliic-k and short. r:i(lu-r imrqiiMl ; cups I r^-. >|.lieri- 

 CM!. in si-viMi or ci<j,!it rows, rMtlu-r iiTr^ulMrl y disposcl ; tt-n- 

 tMclcs loiiu'. Blender, cluh indistinct, cups very minute or scarcely 

 developed. Purple, darker spotted and cross-handed on Un- 



arms. Length to end of senile -inns, :{ inches. 



Mauritius. 



H<It/ ttini rcular bcncnUi ; internal cartilage, of mantle broad, 



'r,n'iffl in the middle, = SEPIOLOIDEA, ()rl. 



S. LINEOLATA, ()r,oy Mild (Jniin. I'l (iU. ti'. '24'2 ; pi. C.7, tigs. 



iMO. :M1. -_>4:;. 



Head and lnnly smooth aliove. st.nin<rlv 1 uhereiilar on the 

 >ilfs heneatli. tultei'cles with horny centres : dorsMl e<lo- ( > of mantle 

 bearded ; body short, rounded ; sessile arms short, quadrangular, 

 r.VliiT unequal, two upper pairs slenderer and shorter, and 

 webbed Mt the base; cups hemisphericM 1 . in t wo MlteriiM te reLi'iilMr 

 scries on the I'M-e. and then small and in four series, their rin^s 

 verv Iiiirli, with an external border: tentacles slender, lanceohite 



at the end. and with twenty scries of very numerous, exceedingly 

 small, crowded cups. Whitish, with longitudinal blue or opaque 

 white lines. Length to end of sessile arms, -J. 1 , inches. 



Doubtful species. 

 S. I'KN AisKs. Gray. IM. c.7. i\^. -JH. Tliis species is the type of 



<iray'> ^eiius Fiilfim*. which does not seem to p<i>-ess MIIV dis- 

 tinctive cliMracters tosc|iMrMte it u'cncricMlly from >V//W//. except 

 tliMt the suckers MI-C long-peduncled, Mild the peduncles MIV con- 

 icd u 11 llu- upper pMrt. The -pcc-imen. in spirit-. i> de-cribed 

 afl "n-i good >tate. lost the pelunculate<l arm*. Shell- 

 none." I eopy an original liuiire in II. A A. Adam-' (n-uer:i. 



Singapore. 



