WORMS MOLLUSCA. 47. Sepia. 119 
Body iTiort. rounded behind : arms tapering to a point, joined at 
the bafe by a membrane or web, and covered within with 2 
rows of alternate Tuckers. When opened, this animal isfaid 
to exhibit fo flrong and fplcndid a light, as perfedlly to iliu- 
minaie a dart room. 
' Body without tail or appendage, and furrounded by a 
margin : tentacnla or longei ariTis 2. 
Brit. ZooL iv. fi. 55 . Barbut, tab. ^.jig. 2- 
Seba Mu/. 3. tab. 3. fg. 4. Qhar. Mul. tab. 97. 
Inhabits the Ocean, and is tne prey of the Whale tribe and 
Plaife ; its arms are alfo frequently eaten off by the conger 
eel, and are reproduced; the bony fcale on the back is thay 
whicti is ufually fold in the (hops, and the black matter whiclj 
it fqiiirts out to darken the waters round it and elude the 
perfuit of its enepiies. is often uled as ink. _ It was 
eaten by the Ancients, and is even now ufed as food by the 
Italians, , 
Body owite, the margin crenate and interrupted at the bottom; 
8 of the arms iliort and pointed ; the 2 tentacnla 4 tunes as 
long, rounded, the tips very broad and furnilhed within wit> 
numerous fuckeis. ' 
‘“ta. 
Body without tail or appendage: arms furnifted with 
hooks. 
Inhabits the Pac/Ar- Molin. Chili. / 174. 
Body rounded behind : arms furnilhed with hooks retractile 
within their proper iheatiis inhead of fuckers. 
Body tailed, 4 or 5 jointed ; arms only 6. 
Inhabits the /’ncj/fc. MoUnChsli. p. 17;. 
Body about half a foot. long, and the thicknefs of a finger; arms 
furnilhed with very minute fuckers which flick very fait ti» 
whatever it fixes on, 
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^oligo. 
Body long, {lender, cylindrical; tail finned^ pointed, and 
carinate each fide: long arms 2. 
Brit. Zoot. iv. tab, 29. fig. 45- Barbut tab. 8. fig. 5. 
Inhabits the Ocean, and lomcdiing refemblcs S. officinalis. 
Body ending in a point, and turniflied with a membrane each 
fide commencing about the middle of the body. 
Body fubcylindrical, fubulate, and ftirnifhed with a fiattlfli 
liiarp-edged rhombic laeinbrane at the tail each lido. 
Calamury. 
Natural. Mi/cell tab. 363. Barbut, t tb 8. fig. 4. 
Btit, Zocl, iv. tab. Jig. 43- Betdh, Mttroj. 1, t^b. iz. 
