154 Till TIIOPSIS. I.KI'TOTKI THIS. P.KLK.M NnSKI'l A . 



lanceolate, veiy broad and tliin ; the wings broadest in the 

 middle, strongly thickened on the margins towards the extremity. 

 The thickening of the shell margin is not well represented in the 



original figure. Length, about 15 inches. 



Jar ft . 

 In form very like S. 



* * * Species of which the buccal membranes are undexcribed. 



S. BILINEATA, Quoy and Gaim. PI. 63, fig. 221, 



Body elongated, rather narrow ; fins rhomboidal, very wide in 

 the middle, the angle rounded ; outline of body marked upon its 



dorsal surface by a blue line. 



Australia. 



S. MAJOR, Gray. PL 64, fig. 222. 



Body subcylindrical, attenuated posteriorly ; lateral pinnae 

 produced to the whole length of the body, extended in the 

 middle. Length of body, 27 inches; of head, 6 inches. 



Gape of Good Hope. 



This looks very like S. bilineata, and also like Thysanoteuthis 

 Rhombus ; the very poor figure shows that the specimen is 

 mutilated. 



S. SINENSIS, Orb. 



So named from a cephalopod referred to in Encyc. Japonaise. 

 It is eaten broiled, by the natives. No specific characters given. 



Japan. 

 Genus TEUTHOPSIS, Deslongchamps. 



A few species known, from the lias of France and Wur- 

 temburg. 



T. BUNELLII, Desl. PL 65, figs. 223, 224. Galrud<>.<. 



tJcnus LEPTOTEUTHIS, MCV.T. 

 Only a single species known. 

 L. GIGAS. Meyer. PL 65, fig. 225. Oxford clay, Solenhofcu. 



(Ji-inis BELEMNOSEPIA, Agassis. 



The ink-bag, mantle and bases of the arms, us well as the 

 horny shells of this animal, are preserved. Some of the iuk- 

 :ire nenrly a foot in length, and mv invested with M brilliant 



