LOLIGO. 143 



I have already described and figured the eggs of this species. 

 The animal attains the length of half a foot, ordinarily. 



Atlantic Coast of U. 8. from Maine to 8. Carolina. 



L.punctata, De Kay (fig. 133), does not appear to differ. 

 L. PALLIDA, Yerrill. PI. 52, figs. 141, 142. 



The pale skin of this species, its distant spots, its "unusual^ 

 pale and gelatinous " appearance, are insisted on as prominent 

 characters. I find nothing in the detailed description to induce 

 me to regard it as essentially different from L. Pealii. I have 

 specimens, apparently referrible to this form, not far from a 

 foot in length. Mr. Yerrill says that " these squids are eagerly 

 devoured, eA r en when full-grown, by many of the larger fishes, 

 such as blue-fish, black-bass, striped-bass, etc. When young 

 they are preyed upon by a still larger variety of fishes, as well 

 as by the jelly-fishes, etc." " It is often taken in the seines in 

 large numbers with menhaden, upon which it probably feeds." 



Long Island Sound. 



L. CARDIOPTERA, Peron. PL 52, figs. 145-149. 



D'Orbigny, Gray and others have placed this species in the 

 genus Onykia, but Souleyet has examined the type specimen in 

 the Museum at Paris and declares that the tentacular arms 

 have no hooks, and that it is a true Loligo. I suspect it to be 

 a young L. Pealii, and that L. plagioptera of Souleyet (figs. 148, 

 149) is a still younger state of the same species. 



Central and South Atlantic Ocean. 



L. BRASILIENSIS, Blainv. PL 53, figs. 154-160; pi. 54, fig. 161. 

 The tentacular suckers have equal serrations on their rings ; 

 otherwise the animal does not appear to differ from L. Pealii. 

 In this distinctive character, however, it is like L. Gahi. The 

 shell is narrower, however, and in the typical figure in Orbigny's 

 work is represented with straight margins to the wings, whilst 

 that of L. Poeyanus, considered a synonym, has narrow wings 



with convex margins. 



Cuba, Brazil. 

 L. EMMAKINA, Gray. 



Body oblong, rounded behind ; fins half as long as the body, 

 snbrhombic ; second and third pairs of sessile arms larger, with 



