IM.KSloTKI Til IS. 

 tinned over the l>:irk. with :in Mdite notch lichind Miid ;i mini' In I 



<>nr above. :i >r 1 indie-, I- 



Straits of Af?.x*inn rerj nw 



The tentMcles shorter th:in the Sessile :irm-. :iml with B 

 only on tin- dubs Milord ;i n-.-nly IDCMUS of idciit it'y \\\<f t hi* 

 Mild spedo. 



(it-mis PLESIOTEUTHIS, \\ I.-.HT. 



Twn sjK'cies h;ive Ix-ell 1 iscovrl'd 1 in the Soldi holrii >l. 



iiassic. 



I*. PHIS. A. \\";m-nci-. I'l. 77, (I--. :::'.s. 



(iciiiis CEL^NO, Miinster. 



r Fwo species t'roin the Linssie tnniiMt ion of Solenhofen are 

 referred to this 



C. COMCA. \V;m-ner. I'l. 77. li.us. :54 ( .l. I540. 



Genu.-^ DOSIDICUS, Steenstrup. 



I). Ksrmnrimi. Steenstnip. 



Thi' type rind only species ol' the ovinis. its cluirMcters 

 contMined in the <i- (M ieric diM^nosis. No lio-iire IIMS hcc 

 lished. Tin- locMlily is rMther nnceilMin : it WMS M! fir-' 

 Relieved to liMVe Iteen tMkMi Ml M M rseilles. hut it is now more 

 prol)Ml>le tliMt it is \Vest IndiMii. The suddenly reduced M nns 

 Miid their lonu\ UMITOW ends, puts one in mind of Oi-tnpn.< iih>.<ti. 

 llowdl. from 1 he SMIIIC locMlity. 



F.Minily X. O.MMASTKKI'IIIP.K. 



Qenuc OMMASTREPHES, D'Orhi^ny. 



These tininiMls MI-C Li'i'eii'M rious. tV('(|iu-nt in- the open S-M in all 

 cliniMtes. Kxtensively used MS lMit in the Newfoundland COd- 



tislnT\ , they Mfe M!>O the jirincipMl food of the Mll>Mtros<. t he 



larger petrels, the dolphins MIM! the cMchelot<. They MIV -Mlled 

 14 sea-arrows " or " flying s.juids" 1>\ lishermen. on Mccount of 

 their liMliil of dMrtinii' out of the WMter. often to such M height 

 MX to t:lll on the declv> of \TorN. The fii-ii'-niMxx.x M re ill IMC^C 

 clusters. tloMtillii on the siirlMce. I'rilx of I'nnr specie- :uv toiilld 



