192 SEPIA. 



ovate, compressed, acuminated anteriorly, rounded posteriorly, 

 with a long curved beak ; the ventral striae extending to half the 

 length. Length, 25 inches. 



Atlantic and Algerian Coasts of Africa ; Tenerifl'e ; Cape. 



In its proportions, both of animal and shell, this species is 

 very similar to the preceding, but differs in the dentition of the 

 rings of the suckers, and in the number of tentacular rows. 



8. LATIMANUS, l^uc^ and Gaim. PL 88, h'gs. 400, 401. 



Body ovate, smooth, truncated in front, pointed behind ; fins 

 narrow, blue-edged ; arms slender, quadrangular, elongate, un- 

 equal, order of length 4, 3, 2, 1, the rings of the cups with very 

 fine, close teeth ; tentacles dilated, strongly palmated, having five 

 rows of cups, of which six or eight are very large, with their 

 horny rings plaited on the edge. Shell oblong, rounded ante- 

 riorly, obtuse posteriorly, longly and acutely beaked. 



Length, 16 inches. 



Indian Ocean; New Guinea; Celebes. 



S. TUBERCULATA, Lam. PI. 88, figs. 403, 404 ; pi. 89, figs. 402, 405. 

 Body ovate, tuberculated, the tubercles veiy unequal, divided 

 into lobes ; fins narrow ; head tuberculated on the back, sides, 

 and round the eyes, smooth below ; arms short, thick, unequal, 

 length 4, 3, 2, 1, the extremities of the arms with eight rows of 

 very small suckers, rest with four rows ; tentacles very long, 

 thickly clubbed, with five rows of cups, four cups very much 

 larger, with oblique, entire rings. Shell much depressed, ovate, 

 equally rounded at each end ; above smooth, and cartilaginous 

 on the sides and ends ; beneath very concave. Length, 20 inches. 



Cape of Good Hope. 



S. VKRMK-I LATA, Q.uoy and Gaim. PL 89, figs. 406, 407. 



Body ovnte. smooth, acute anteriorly; fins broad, largely 

 scpMr.'itcd behind, dotted with red; head hir^e; arms short, 

 thick at base, unequal, length 4, 3, 2, 1. the; cups with entire 

 rings; tentacles very long, cylindrical, club flattened, with very 

 numerous cups, eight or ten larger than the rest with entire 

 rings. Shell oblong, ovate, bluntly beaked posteriorly. 



Length, 15 inches. 



Cape of Good Hope. 



