150 LOLIOLUS. 



(p. 87). The figure obtained by an officer of the vessel during the 

 three hours' encounter with this animal, together with a few 

 details, suffices to show that it was a Loligo, although the ten- 

 tacular arms are not represented. No specific characters were 

 available to Messrs. Crosse & Fischer, and like L. Hartingii^ 

 with which it may be identical, its distinctive character is 

 its size. 



L. MINIMA, Fer. PI. 58, fig. 19^. 



Body smooth, oblong, conical ; fins very small, at the end of 

 body, semicircular, far apart ; sessile arms short, rather unequal, 

 cups in two lines ; tentacular arms long, cylindrical, scarcely 

 enlarged at the end, with two rows of small, alternate, 

 peduncled cups. 



African Coast. 



Too young for recognition. 



L. OSOGADIUM, Raf. Mediterranean. 



L. LANCEOLATA, Raf. Mediterranean. 



? L. (ANISOCTUS) PUNCTATUS, Rat'. Atlantic Ocean. 



? L. (ANISOCTUS) BICOLOR, Raf. Atlantic Ocean. 



The above have not been sufficiently characterized. The 

 genus Anisoctu* is said to have the aspect of a Loligo, an inter- 

 nal shell, but only eight arms. No such animal is known, and 

 probably the tentacles were withdrawn or wanting to the speci- 

 mens seen by Rafinesque. 



L. CABUNCULATA, Schneider. Gulf of Guinea. 



LOLIOLUS, S 



Loligo hemiptera, L. brevipinna, and other Loligines with 

 blunt extremity and round fins, may perhaps belong to this 

 small group, which is not widely separated by its characters from 

 Loligo. 



L. TYPUS, Steenst. PI. 60, fig. 1 ( .)(;. 



Body short, blunt behind ; siphon short mid broad ; lateral 

 amis with large suckers; tentacles long, the clubs not larger, 

 with very small suckers. Shell with broad expansions, and a 

 -harp keel on the shaft. 



Habitat unknown. 



