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ZOOLOGICAL LITERATURE. 
CEPHALOPODA. 
The Cephalopods of the Mediterranean Sea are the subject of 
a rather extensive paper by Targioni-Tozzetti. He treats 
chiefly on their classification and synonymy, and figures the 
radula of most species. Bull. Malac. ii. pp. 141-163, pis. 
6 & 7. 
Argmauta argo (L.). Observations on the structure of its shell by Targioni- 
Tozzetti, Bull. Mai. Ital. ii. p. 148, pi. 6. figs. 1, 2. — A young female, 3 inches 
in length, with eggs in its shell. Garner, Hep. Brit. Assoc, for 1868, Notes 
and Abstracts, p. 97. 
TremoctopuSf sp. A male described by R. Garner, /. c. 
Parasira (Steenstrup, 1801 ?). This genus is adopted by Targioni-Toz- 
zetti for Octopus catenulatus (Fer.) and O. tuherculatus (Risso) = carence 
(V^rany), and kept distinct from Tremoctopus (Chiaje)=PMc»wea:fs (Fer.), the 
type of which is T. violaceus (Chiaje). Bull. Mai. Ital. ii. pp. 149-154. The 
author has not characterized these genera. 
Octopus vulgaris (Lam.). Jeffreys, Brif}; Conchol. v. pp. 143-145, pi. 7. fig. 1, 
and frontispiece. 
Octopus troscheli and incertus, spp. nn., Targioni-Tozzetti, Bull. Mai. Ital. 
ii. pp. 157 & 160. The latter, pi. 7. fig. 10, from the Indian seas, the first from 
the Adriatic. 
^ Eledone cirrosa (Lam.), Jeffreys, 1. c. v. pp. 145-147, pi. 7. fig. 2. 
Ommastrephes todarics (Delle Chiaje) and O. sagittatus (Lam.), Jeffreys, /. c. 
pp. 128, 129 ; the latter pi. 5. fig. 1. 
Loligo vulgaris (Lam.) and media (L.), Jeffreys, 1. c. pp. 130-132 j the former 
pi. 5. fig. 2. 
Loligo pulchra (Blainv.), from Western France, distinguished, with some 
doubt, from L. vulgaris (Lam.) by Fischer, Journ. Conch, xvii. p. 10. The 
same author distinguishes throe other European species of this genus, viz. X. 
forhesi (Steenstrup), L. hcrtheloti (Vdrany), and a hitherto unnamed species 
from Western France, figured in F^russac’s monograph of the pephalopoda, 
pi. 8. Ibid. pp. 128-130. 
Loligo meditert'anea. Targioni-Tozzetti gives this new name to the most 
common species of the Mediterranean, distinguishing from it not only L. 
forhesi (Steenstrup), which is the vulgaris of former British authors, but also 
a third species, to which he leaves the name L. mdgaris (Lam.), and which 
is said to be exclusively oceanic. For the Mediterranean and British species 
the differences are given in a Latin diagnosis and illustrated by figures; but 
as to the third, no reliable character is given. Bull. Mai. Ital. ii. pp. 218-224, 
pi. 7. figs. 5, 9,&10. 
Sepiola rondeleti, Jeffreys, Brit. Conchol. v. p. 136, pi. 6. fig. 2. 
Sepiola major, sp. n., Targioni-Tozzetti, Bull. Mai. Ital. ii. p. 230, Tuscany. 
Besides this, S. vulgaris (Grant) and S. rondeletii (Gervais) are acknowledged 
as distinct species, both inhabiting the Mediterranean. — S. atlcmtica (Orb.), 
from Sardinia. R. Garner, Rep. Brit. Assoc, for 1868, Notices and Abstracts, 
p. 97. 
Rossia macrosoma (Belle Chiaje) and R. papiUifera, sp. n. ; the latter from 
