4458 Mollusks. 



sufficient distinctive marks, found on the shore at Stotfield, January 

 20th, 1854. 



Rondeletius' Little Cuttle-fish, Sepiola Rondeletii. Several speci- 

 mens of small cuttle-fish have of late years been found in different 

 parts of the Moray Firth, and a few have been taken from the stomach 

 of the haddock ; but all of them seem to agree with the description of 

 this species, as given by Messrs. Forbes and Hanley, and show 

 no difference in the arrangement of the suckers in the lower pair of 

 arms. 



Common Cuttle-fish, Loligo vulgaris. This is by far the most 

 common of the larger Teuthidse that are found on the Elginshire 

 coast, where it is not unfrequent, particularly towards the end 

 of summer. Occasionally numbers of them are found enclosed 

 in the salmon-nets. The fishermen know them well by the name of 

 " Troolians." 



Middle-sized Cuttle-fish, Loligo media. " Has recently been 

 caught at Peterhead, on the east coast of Scotland, by Mr. Peach," 

 F. 8s H. 



Officinal Cuttle-fish, Sepia officinalis. As in many other localities, 

 the few cuttle bones picked up at different times on the shore, form 

 all the evidence that can as yet be adduced to show that this species, 

 " one of the most beautiful and curious of British mollusks," inhabits 

 the waters of the Moray Firth. As intimately connected with the 

 subject of this paper the following notice is quoted from page 3864 : 

 " I beg leave to place on record, through the pages of your journal, 

 the capture of Onychoteuthis Banksii, Leach, at Banff, N. B. — John 

 Rose, M.D.E.N., Haslar Hospital, Gosport, March 14, 1852." 



Additional Species. 



Minute Turtonia, Turtonia minuta. This small shell has been 

 lately discovered by Mr. Macdonald to be not unfrequent between 

 tide-marks at Burghead. It has also been found among shell-sand 

 from Caithness. 



Four-angled Area, Area tetragona. A few valves have been taken 

 from the Caithness shell-sand. (The reference made to this species 

 in Zool. 4316 may be deleted). 



Smooth Caecum, Cmcum glabrum, {Ccccalium glabrum, Mac.) 

 " Several specimens among small shells sent (to Dr. Macgillivray) by 

 Mr. Alexander Murray, who found them at Fraserburgh," Mollusca 

 of Aberdeenshire, p. 39. 



