182 OMMASTREPHES. 



Doubtful recent species. 

 O. LATICEPS. Owen. IM. 81, lig. :'.7<', ; pi. *:>. lig. 875. 



Body suhgelatinous. bluish-white, reel and brown spotted. 

 o\ :il. elongate, ending in :tn acute point : arms equal ; tentado 

 with sin:ill cups; tins thin. rounded, terminal. I unite with 

 this species Granchia perlucida. Rang (fig. >!>). following 

 (irav; l)ut I sec n<> reason why they should be united, except 



that they :irc both very young animaU. 



Atlantic Ocean, near the Equator. 

 O. AHAHICUS, Ehrcnl>cro. 



Body round, ii-rndnally nth-inmting into nn ohtnsc round t:iil ; 

 lins rhoinlioidnl. inclndinii- li:dl' the body nnd tin- t:iil; sinus with 

 two rows of equal cups; clubs of tentacles with live rows of 

 cups, three middle rows l:irvsl : rin^s tootlie*!. Shell narrow. 



cartilaginous. 



Volcanic island of Ketumbal, Red Sea. 



Not li^nred ; >eein> peculiar in possessing live rows of cuj)s 

 on the clubs. 



O. ({KONOVII, Fer. and Orb. 



Founded on the Sepia of (i ronovius Xoophyl. "J-44. N. 1028, 

 whose short diagnosis will suit any species of Loligo or Oinmas- 



frf/iln'x hitherto described or hereafter to be described. 



Indian Ocean. 

 O. Hi. \\COM i. Vr raiiy. PI. S2. fig. .^77. 



liody <-\ lindrical. tapering behind ; tins cordate, depressed, 

 one-half the length of the body; arms short, of nearly equal 

 length: tentacles two-thirds the length of the body. Shell with 

 convex margins, terminating in a small cone; eyes covered with 

 --kin. Length, less than an inch. 



Messina (abundant). 



Fvidently a young animal, the generic relations of which arc 

 ^omcwhat uncertain. The form of the animal and shell is very 

 like Onychoteuthi* A'/W* /*//'. but it wants the tentacular hooks 

 of that specie^. 



O. A VKKsn. (iabb. 



Carpenter IJcport. \Y. ('. Mollnsca. r,|:;. i;i;4. 1S(>8. kk San 

 (Memente Islands." Thi- species was never described by Mr. 

 TCI haps O. Tryonii, Gabb is the same species. 



