ii [18. 



riiliiv. :IM<| row of clcxeii acute, four-point ed I ulcrc|cs. and maii\ 

 smaller ones >n cit her \ cut r:il side of t he l>od\ : I'm- -emicircular. 

 l>road. together Bubrhomboidsl J senile amis lar^c. conical. 



COD i ract ile. unequal, proportionate lengths 3, 2, I. l ; cup-- nearh 



spherical. riu^ ol.li(|Uc. Shell elongate. tliin. \cr\ n:irn\\ 

 riorly, lanceolate, rather <lil:itc(l behind; ii| very sharp. attenu- 

 ated. solid. Totnl leiiji'tli. ^ indies. 



Indian Ocean. 



A- :ihv:nlv stMtt-cl. I>'()rlio-ny :nil (Jniy li:ivr c<>iif(,iiii(lc.l I,. 

 njchira. Lcsuciir. :i smooth t'onn. with this very rcinark.-iltlc Mini 

 distinct .'innorcd sjiecics : which is the type of /Vro//s. 1-^ch. 



L. RKIMIAKKTII. Steenstrnp. 



IJody with M toothed, cart 'daemons hand down the median line 

 ol' tin- l>ack ; also two other toothed cart il:i<jfmmi^ lan<U or ril 

 on each side of the body, which meet at an acute anu;le exaeily 

 at the points where the mantle is united with the funnel on eaeh 

 side; the proportions of the arms are :;. *J. -1. 1. and they only 

 bear two series of stickers; the tentacles have four row> of 

 suckers on the outer third, which are continued in a scattered 

 arrangement over the middle third; the fins are terminally 

 small and roundish. 



Azores; Tropical Atlantic. 



This is another remarkable species, and seems to diil'er from 

 I., 'jiiftfifa in having two rows of t ultercles instead of one on 

 each side of the lod. It has not heeii 



Family VII. MI I KOTKl'TIl I I)^E. 

 (Sanaa CHIROTEUTHIS, Orb. 



'I'he ii'i-eat cephalic de\ flopinriit of the animals of this very 

 restricted uvim*. the immense Iriijrth of the tentacles and the 

 peculiar armamenl of their clul. and the ^ladin^ expanded at 

 each end. form excellent distinctive character t'roin the Loli- 

 gopsidffi. 



C. VKI; ANVI. Fer. I'l. T<. OgS. 265 271. 



P.ody >mooth: &H8 Semicircular, together hearthaped ; lii-ail 

 >c->ih- arm-- \,-ry lai'm-. roiimlcd. acuminate, order of 

 4. :i. -2. 1 : riiiirs of tin- aucken on i he tlin-r upper pairs 



