Class VI. SEPIA. CUTTLE. 117 



two long ientacula ; the body almost transpa- 

 rent ; green, but convertible into a dirty brown, 

 confirming the remark of Pliny,^' that they 

 change their color through fear, adapting it, 

 Chameleon like, to that of the place they are in. 

 The eyes are large and smaragdine. Tab. 

 xxxi. >V. 1. • . - - , 



S. Lin. Syst. IO96. Gm. Lin. 3151. Seplola. Rondel. 51Q. 4. Septola. 



Small. 



S. with a short body, rounded at the bottom ; a 

 round fin on each side ; two tentacula. 

 Taken off Flintshire. Tab. xxxi. Jig. 2. 



La Seiche. Belon aquat. 338. S. officinalis. Liji.Syst. 10Q5. 5. Offici- 



Matthiol. in Dioscorid. 326. Gm. Lin. 314Q. J'J^^-^^', 



Ojjicmal. 

 Sepia. Rondel. 498. Faun. Suec. No. 2706. Amcen. 



Seh. Mus. iii. tah. iii. Jig. 1, Acad. 



2. ~ 



S. with an ovated body ; fins along the whole 

 of the sides, and almost meeting at the bottom ; 

 two long tentacula; the body contains the bone, 

 the cuttle-bone of the shops, which was formerly 

 used as an absorbent. 



The bones are frequently flung on all our 

 shores ; the animal very rarely. 



* LiJ). ix. c. 29, 



