116 SEPIA. CUTTLE. Class VI. 



2. Octopo- Le Pourpre. Belon aquat. Sepia. Lin. Sysl. 1045. No. 1. 



DIA. 



Eight-armed. 



336. S. octopus. Gm. Lin. 3149- 



Polypi prima species. Rotidel. Sel. Mus. iii. tab. ii. Jig. 1 . 



513. 



S. with a short round body, without fins or ten- 

 taenia ; with only eight arms ; connected at 

 their bottom by a membrane. This is the 

 Polypus of Pliny, which he distinguishes from 

 the Loligo and Sepia, by the want oi tent acuta. 

 Inhabits our seas. In hot climates these are 

 found of an enormous size. A friend of mine, 

 long resident among the Indian isles, and a 

 diligent observer of nature, informed me that 

 the natives affirm, that some have been seen 

 two fathoms broad over their centre, and each 

 arm nine fathoms long;. When the Indians 

 navigate their little boats, they go in dread 

 of them ; and least these animals should fling 

 their arms over, and sink them, they never sail 

 without an ax to cut them off. Tab. xxx. 



3. Media. S. Lin. Syst. IO93. Gm. Loligo Parva. Rondel. 508. 

 Middle. £in. 3150 . gel. Mus. m.tab. iv.Jig. 5. 



S. with a long, slender, cylindric body; tail 

 finned, pointed, and carinated on each side; 



