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E. VERANYI, Euppell. PL 76, figs. 318, 31U. 



Body conical ; fins rhombic, half as long as the body, large 

 rhombic on the sides ; second pair of arms finned on the outer 

 side ; hooks in two series, with suckers at the extremities of the 

 arms ; tentacles with three hooks and numerous small suckers. 



Mediterranean. 

 E. OWENII, Verany. PL 76, figs. 320-322. 



Body conical, pointed behind ; fins rhombic, more than half 

 the length of the body, nicked in front, rounded on the sides. 



Rosy white. Length, about 3 inches. 



Mediterranean. 



The arms are proportionally longer, and the small cupules of 

 the clubs arc more numerous, but this species approaches very 

 closely, and is very likely identical with E. Veranyi. 



Subgenus Abralia, Gray. 



Sessile arms with hooks below, and suckers at the tips. 

 E. ARMATA. Quoy and Gaiin. PL 76, figs. 323-327. 



Body elongate, smooth above, minutely tuberculated under- 

 neath, the larger tubercles regularly disposed ; head tuberculate ; 

 tins triangular, together very broadly lanceolate, terminal; 

 sessile arms slender ; third and fourth pairs with two marginal 

 series of small tubercles; second, third and fourth pairs crested 

 externally ; tentacles slender, the basal group of three or four 

 cups, hooks four, long, acute. Shell lanceolate, simtated at the 



sides near the top. Length, 2*5 inches. 



Indian Ocean; Moluccas. 



E. MORRISII. Verany. PL 77, figs. 328, 329. 



Body conical, smooth; head large, sessile, fins very large, 

 occupying two-thirds the length of the body, triangular, together 

 rhomboidal. strongly nicked in front ; arms unequal, lower 

 ones much the longest. Shell lanceolate, broad, somewhat sinu- 

 ated on the sides. Length, 4 inches to end of sessile arms. 



Lat., 39 N., Long., 20 W., N. Atlantic Ocean. 

 E. POLYONYX, Troschel. PL 77, fig. 332. 



Body conically acuminate ; fins rhomboidal, rounded at the 

 angle, more than half the length of the body ; arms unequal, 



