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3. Loligo *illecebrosa. The body of this 

 species is rather short, narrow, subequal anteriorly, 

 terminated acutely posteriorly ; fins approximated at 

 their origin, terminated in a point, and taken together 

 rhombiform ; the two longer arms are narrow, dilated 

 at their extremity, and furnished with two series of 

 suckers, the eight arms are almost equal and provided 

 throughout their whole length with two ranges of suc- 

 kers 5 the arms are long, and with the head they mea- 

 sure two-thirds of the length of the sac ; the bone is 

 very narrow in the middle, dilated at each extremity, 

 and terminated at the inferior tiy by a hollow invert- 

 ed cone. 



Colors vivid and beautiful, passing from a brilliant 

 red to a deep and clear blue, upon the back, the head, 

 arms, tail, and fin, which are covered with deeper 

 points of the same color, the under part of the body 

 is paler, region of (the eyes finely tinted with yellow. 



This species is knowu by the name of Squid at 

 Sandy Bay, and is made use of by the fishermen as 

 bait in the Cod-fishery. 



4 Loligo *Bartlingii. Lateral arms compres- 

 sed, and with the inferiorpair, furnished with a 

 membrane upon all their exterior length. 



This species for which we are indebted to captain 

 Bartling, who obtained it in the Gulf Stream, forms 

 part of the collection of' the Academy. It differs 

 from the preceding by its arms, which are generally 

 longer, filiform at the extremity ; a broad, thin and 



