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There are other species, as well as the nearly allied Genus 
Cynthia, on our coast; but they are here omitted for want of 
a recent opportunity for comparison. 
SINGLE CUIRASSIANS. 
SQUILLIANS. 
GENUS SQUILLA : the carapace in three distinct lobes; 
lateral appendix of the three last thoracic legs long, slender 
and styliforiu. Claws of the hands flat and strongly denti- 
culated on the inner border. 
UESMAREST’S SQUILLA. S. Desmarestii. M. Edwards’ 
Crust., vol. 2, p. 523. Loudon’s Mag. Nat., Hist. vol. 6, 
P. 230 and vol. 8, p. 462. 
Hare. A few specimens have come into my possession ; 
and it seems to be the species alluded to by Pennant and Tur- 
l °n, under the name of Mantis. 
SEPIADJ5. 
CUTTLE FISHES. 
GENUS SEPIA : The body furnished with a narrow fin 
round its circumference. 
°OM CUTTLE. & Officinalis. Fleming’s Br. An., p. 252. 
figure in Gesner’s Nomenclator, de Mollibus, p. 186. 
, Common, keeping near the bottom ; and l have known 
jdndreds, or perhaps thousands, to be found swimming, their 
}j ea ds having been bitten off by an herd of Cetaceans, which 
b *d been unable to swallow the body, on account of the hard 
sbe U, that had been broken in the effort. This internal shell 
°f dorsal bone, is used for polishing, and has had medical 
Vl rtues ascribed to it : being used with other ingredients, 
Un der the name of Mouseshell, to excite perspiration. 
GENUS LOLIGO: Sides of the body only having fins. 
CUTTLE. L. Vulgaris. Fleming’s Br. An., p 252. Sepia 
E- Lin., Pennant, vol. 4, pi. 27. fig. 43. Common, and 
sometimes abundant, but changing quarters according to the 
season and weather. In the autumn companies of them, 
either in eagerness after prey, or through fear, will some- 
times rush on the shore anil be stranded. On the occur- 
ence of a difficulty, their colour changes to dark red, and 
011 the appearance of an enemy their method ot escape, 
c °minon to the genus, is to diffuse their ink in the water, 
escaping under cover of the obscurity ; and this may be 
done two or three times in succession, the advance or re- 
treat being without turning the body. 
, The Cuttle is a favourite bait among fishermen, few fish 
eing a b] e to resist it. To catch them they are enticed near 
, , le b °at by a bait, and then secured with a rod armed at the 
J °d with several hooks; but they are easily caught at night, 
