WORMS MOLLUSCA. 47- Sepia, IJ9 



Body fhort. rounded behind : arms tapering to a point, joined at 

 the bale by a membrane or web, and covered within with. 2 

 rows of alternate fuckers. When opened, this animal is faid 

 to exhibit fo flrong and fplcndid a light, as perfectly to illu- 

 minate a dark room, 



• Officinalis Body* without tail or appendage, and furrounded by =a 

 t margin : tentacula or longer arms 2. 



Brit. Zoo/, iv. p. 55. Barbut, tab. S.fig. 2. 



Ssba MuJ. 3. tfk l. Jig. 4. Olcar.Muf. tab. 97. 



Inhabits the Ocean, and is the prey of the Whale tribe and 

 Plaife; its arras are alfo frequency eaten off by the conger 

 eel, and are reproduced; the bony fcale on the back is that 

 which is ufually fold in the mops, and the black matter which 

 it fquirts out to darken the waters round it and elude the 

 permit of its enemies, is often ufed as ink. It was formerly 

 eaten by the Ancients, and is even now ufed as food by the 

 Italians, 



Body ovate, the margin crenate and interrupted at the bottom : 

 -8 of the ar?ns (hort and pointed; the 2 tentacula 4 times as 

 Jong, rounded, the tips very broad and furniihed within with 

 numerous fuckers. 



Body without tail or appendage: arms fu.rniflied with 

 hooks. 

 Inhabits the Pacijic. Molin t Chili p. 174. 



Body rounded behind: arms furniihed with hooks retractile 

 within their proper (heaths inilead of fuckers. 



Body tailed, 4 or 5 jointed : arms only 6. 

 Inhabits the Pacific. Molin Chili . p . 175. 



Body about half a foot long, and the thicknefs of a ringer; arms 

 furniihed with very minute fuckers which (tick very fait l? 

 whatever it fixes on. 



Body long, (lender, cylindrical ; tail finned, pointed, and 

 carinate each fide: long arms 2. 

 Brit. Zool. iv. tab % 29. fig. 45. Barbut tab. .8. fig. 3. 

 Inhabits the Ocean* and (omeihing refembles S. officinalis. 

 Body ending in a point, and furniihed with a membrane each 

 fide commencing about the middle of the body. 



*U\igo. Body fubcylindrical, fubulate, and furniftied with a flattifh 

 iharp-edgeU rnombic membrane at the tail each fide. 



Calamary. 

 Natural. Hijcell tab. 363. Barbut, nb. 8. Jig. 4. 

 Brit. ZqcU iv. tab. 27. jig. 43. Necdl\ Microj. i.tab. \z, 



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