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Öfversigt af Kougl. Vetenskaps-Akademiens Förhandlingar 1896. Nio 10. 



Stockholm. 



T WO Cephalopods from Teneriffe collected by A. Tullgren. 

 Note by Einar Lönnberg. 



[Communicated 1896, Dec. 9, by Hj. Thékl.] 



Aiiiong a coUection of aniinals brought liome from Teneriffe 

 by Mr. A. Tullgren, and now in the Zoological Museum of the 

 R. University at ITpsala, there are 9 specimens of Cephalopods 

 to be found, two of which are apparently new to science. They 

 are : 



1.) Sepia verrucosa n. sp. 



Diagnosis: Body verrucose above, sraooth below, width twiee 

 in length, fins broad, not reaching anterior mantle margin. Bra- 

 chial formuia 4, 1, 2 = 3. Tentacles equal in length to head 

 and body, with suckers in 5 series; 6 or 7 suckers in the raiddle 

 row larger than the others. Buccal niembrane 5 pointed. Shell 

 elongate, width about 3| times in length. Area striata reaching 

 to I from anterior end. Rostrum pointed. 



Description: The body is depressed, about twice as long 

 as broad, rather pointed behind. The fins are not quite one 

 third the width of the body, broader in the middle and behind, 

 commencing 2 mm. from the anterior edge of the body and ap- 

 proaching within 1 mm. of each other posteriorly; the left is 

 between 1 and 2 mm. broader than the right. The mantle 

 margin extends dorsally about 10 mm. över the head in the 

 shape of a triangulär, anteriorly rounded flap; ventrally it is 

 very slightly emarginate. 



