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CEPHALOPODA. 



Ommastrephes (D'Orb.). Flying Squid. Nearly 

 as Loligo, but the tentacles are short and stout, 

 and the eyes are naked. Pen formed of a three- 

 ribbed shaft, and a hollow conical appendage. 

 0. sagittatus. Fig. 212 ; J n. s. 

 todarus. 

 Eblanae. 



Sepiola (Leach). Body short, purse-like; mantle 

 supported by a broad neck-band, and a ridge 

 fitting a groove in the funnel; fins rounded, con- 

 tracted at their base, placed on the sides of the 

 back ; suckers of arms set on long stalks. 



S. Rondeletii. Fig. 213 ; n. s. 

 atlantica. 



Rossia (Owen). Body nearly as Sepiola ; no 

 neck-band; mantle supported by a small knob, 

 fitting a groove in the funnel ; fins oval, broad at 

 their union with the back ; suckers of arms sessile ; 

 those of tentacles stalked. 



R. Owenii. Fig. 214 ; 

 macrosoma. 



