I \. 



\. MEG \i-iii; \. Yen-ill. 



Much ^mailer th.-in tin- previously kii.\vn Bpeoi8, tin- total 

 lengt li of t In- body Mini head being but 1 ' iuche>. \' > I \ n-ht i\e|\ 



simri MM. I ihick. Caudal tin more than twice as broad *s long, 



the length altoiit h:iir th:il of the body: iiearlv rhombic, ventral 

 anterior edge of mantle concave eentrallv In ;i -li^lM an^ie. 



\\liich it is M^Min COIK-MNT t<> the sides ; lnr^il anterior 



into M proiiiiiH-iit ohtn^c M-nlr:il Miiirh-. 

 -. <l)l<>im'. with distinct lid-like niMruin>; eyes l.-n-je. 

 :-. DMkcd. Short MTIIIS 1 .riipn-l nd. \\\t\n'\ one-, somewliMt 

 shorter Mild sniMller tliMii the others, which M re neMi'ly M|ii:il 

 in h'nu.-th. the second jKiir heino the stoutt-st MIH! M little longer. 

 TeiitMclo sK-nder. elonn'Mted. e\)i;inde<l toWMfd the tip, with suck- 

 er- much MS in the ^iu'Miit ic species, even to the snioot h ed^'cd 

 suckers Mild opposing tubercles, pmxinul U) the hir^cr suckers. 

 MS in A. nio/Kir/ii/.-.-. The sucker-bearing portion is margined by 

 M nieinlii-Mne on eMch side. LMI'LI'C snckei's of sessile Mrms very 

 olilitpie. with the rim strong. l:irk brown, with IMI'^C. sti'on^, 

 ^liMi-p. much incurved, unequal teeth on the outer side of the 

 rim : inner nuirii'in entire. On the middle or hiriivr suckers <>\' 

 the ventrMl Mrms, there MIV seven large teeth, the middle one 

 longest, while on either side there is one nearly MS large, with 

 M Mimller one each side of it. 



Total length. 4:\ inches; length of tentacles. ^-2 and '24 inches ; 

 of Minis 1, ;."> inches; -2 and 4, X inches; 3, 8'f> inches. 



Cape Sable, Noca Scoiia. 



A single ^pecimen cast ashore several years since. The at> 

 description made from it as preserved in alcohol in the Provin- 

 cial .Museum, at Halifax. For the present it must In- considered 

 a doubt ful species. 



Family XI. SEPIID^E. 



(u'tiii- SEPIA, Linn. 



Thi- oyiius js world-wide in its distribution, and includes ;iU,> 



ten fos>il species from the Oxford ( May. Solenhofen. and a single 



- from Texaft* < M' the thirty recent . ,,ne- 



thiid are kn\vn by the shell only, and in the arrangement which 



follow-, these ;nv necessarily placed in aeeonlance with tlu-ir 



