THE MOLLUSCA OF DORSETSHIRE. 
Class CEPHALOPODA. 
Order DIBRANCHIATA. 
Sub-order Decaropa. 
SEPIIDA. 
SEPIA, Z., 1758. 
1. S. officinalis, ZL. 
Very common around our coasts, occasionally cast up on the 
shore, seldom taken aléwe ; the well-known depressed, ovate- 
oblong shell often seen on the sandy shore. Scarce in the 
north, very abundant in the Mediterranean. 
Weymouth, Smallmouth sands, J. C. M.-P. 
Studland Bay sands, J. C. M.-P. 
LOLIGO, Lamarck, 1801. 
2. L. media, L. 
This squid is only about four inches long, with a body taper- 
ing to a point, flesh colour, with numerous reddish spots, 
transparent. 
Kimmeridge Bay ; dredged alive and cast up on the shore, 
J, C. M.-P. 
