ELEDONE. ATT 
will take pieces of the flesh when given as food, but other 
fish refuse it altogether. Crabs will take it as food only 
reluctantly, although they will readily eat weak or dead 
Sepia. 
Cephalopods have been recorded as follows from the 
stomachs of British fishes :— p 
Loligo, in Cod, Whiting, Gurnard, Plaice, Skate. 
Octopus, in Haddock, Ling, Whiting, Plaice. 
Eledone, in Ling and Angler. (Two isolated cases 
only.) 
Rossta, in Haddock, Whiting, Cod, Gurnard, Dab, 
and Long Rough Dab. 
Seprola, in Whiting, Cod, Gurnard, Tope, Thorn- 
back, Dab, and Pout. 
EXTERNAL FEATURES. 
T.—Skitn. 
The skin of Hledone has a smooth external surface. 
It is soft and slimy to the touch, and contains numerous 
gland cells. ‘These secrete an opaline mucus, which is 
especially noticed while killing the animal, say, with 
chloroform, when the body becomes coated with this 
secretion. It is, however, by no means as thick or sticky 
or as abundant as that secreted by Archidoris, or the 
common garden slugs, under similar conditions. In 
appearance the skin is smooth and velvety, and reminds 
one of a peach. It is also tough and elastic. When 
Kledone is quiet it may be noticed that the skin 1s finely 
eranulated all over the body. In addition to these 
granulations, there are also larger conical processes or 
cirri, on the head and back, of 6 to 12 mm. in height. 
