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Fig. 27.";. — X.etoteuthis Pourtalesii. |. (Verrill.) 



Fig-. 276. — Mastigoteuthis Agassizii. \. (Verrill.) 



nearly to their tips by a thick soft web ; among the cuttle-fishes, 

 a small reddish-brown species, Nectoteuthis Pourtalesii (Fig. 

 275), characterized by its short thick body and the great size 



