SEPIA. 



c. str:ii<>-ht. compressed, wrinkled :tho\e. ohtuse 

 anteriorly, winded posteriorly. Length. s indies. 



W. Coast of Afrint. 



S. INBBMI8. llMsseh. I'l. <U. %. \->:\ : ||. <_>. fio- s . 4iM--4:>'.. 



l>ody ohlono-. sinoolli. Itliint hehind : lins mirrow in front. 

 r;ther wider behind, beginning hehind tin- front eduv : cups of 

 :mus small. the ring's entire on the M:MT\V. :md finely toothed on 

 the hroad ed^e : tentacles IOIILI. slender, without MIIV distiix-1 

 chili, slio-htly impressed nt tlie top exiernnlly. the cups very 

 minute or entirely wanting. Shell ohlonir. elon^nte. stniijrht. 

 rounded. Mciiinin:ite in front, liinder end not lu>nkcd :ilove. e\- 

 pMnded :ind produced int o :i cnrtihiirr l>ehind : convex liencMth. 



with ;i strong centrnl groove. 



India; China. 



I include the two species N. S//K-, ,.</.< mid S* microcheirus of 



(ir:iy. ;i> I do noi find :iny :ippreci:ihle ditt'i'reix-e : I :dso include 

 S. njHiii* (fijr. 4-_>r>) mid S. T<ni.rtin,H>,i*i* (fio-s. 4'27~4:> ( .i) of Son- 

 le\ct. from Cochin Chinn. which nppcnr to me to he the young 

 of the sjime species. 



f f f Shell oblong, rounded behind, beaked. 



S. KOSTKATA. d'Oi-h. I'l. '.I:!. fi-s. 4:\(}-43'2. 



Body t hick, ronndeil. n.Mi'row hefoi'e. oht use hehind : lin> t hick. 



miri'ow in front . diluted hehind; .-inns elongate, slender, unequal, 



oi'de?- of length 4. :i. '2, 1. the cups sphericid. with very small 

 -uniotli-tMlii'cd rini:> : lentncles l.-iiHTolutc. with VIMT sm;dl nnmei 1 - 

 OMS equal-Sized cups in ni.-inv lines mid with toothless rin^s. 

 Shell ov;ite. nhlonr. t nherciil.-i i'ly wrinkled, depressed, hro.-tder 

 in the middle, n.-irrow hehind. with :m elonii.'ited, coni|)]-essed 

 he;ik: convex in front, concnve :ind \\ith.-i diaphragm hehind. 

 Length. 1 1 inche^. 



Indian <h-ui ; Australia. 



With rem:irk:ihle simil;irity hetween the shell of this species 

 :ui(l th;it of N. ami, -nld. there is some difference in the outline 

 of 1 he :inim:d :uid in t he rino-s of t he suckers. I iuelnde S. Blain- 

 rilfi-i. the iiMinc .f which w;i> cliMii^cd to N. Imln-a. hecnuse the 

 former w.-i^ preoccupied hy I)-sli:iyes for ;i i'nssil species: the 

 hitler however. |.r..\c-> In he ;i synonym. >o th:it N. Ilia in I'iUt'i. 



