ONYCHOTEUTHIDiE. 
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1841, Moll. Cuba, i. 7. 1841, Moll. Viv. et Fos. i. 79. t. 253. 
1848 ; Desk, in Lamck. Hist. xi. 237. ; Gray, Proc. Zool. Soc. 
1847, 205. 
Histioteuthys Verany, Cat. Invert. 17. 1846. 
Dranchia sp. FSruss. Mag. de Zool. 1835, p. 66. 
1. Histioteuthis Bonelliana. 
Body short, obtuse. Head very large ; and head, body, and arms, 
scattered with tubercles. Sessile arms subequal, fleshy. Fins 
semicircular, broad. Shell broad, lanceolate. 
>anchia Bonelliana Feruss. Mag. de Zool. 1835, p. 66. 
Histioteuthis Bonelliana D' Orb. Ceph. Acet . Cranchies , t. 2. 1839, 
Moll. Viv. et Fos. i. 380. t. 25. 
Hab. Mediterranean, near Nice. Verany. 
2. Histioteuthis Buppellii. 
Body, head, and arms granular. Head large. The second and 
third pairs of arms longer, first and fourth shorter. Cups blue. 
Fins . 
Histioteuthis Buppellii Verany, Congress. Milano, e Cat. Anim. 
Inv. Genova, 17. 28. n. 53. t. 3. 
Hab. Genoa. 
Perhaps only a variety of the former. 
Fam. IV. ONYCHOTEUTHIDIE. 
Body elongate, fleshy. Fins posterior, dorsal, angular, together 
rhomboidal. Mantle supported by cartilaginous tubercles and 
loops in front. Anal aquiferous opening distinct. 
Head moderate, cylindrical. Eyes lateral, naked, with a deep lacry- 
mal sinus at the upper edge. Buccal membrane large. Ears 
with a well marked longitudinal crest. 
Tentacular arms with a rounded group of small sessile cups at the 
extremity of the club. 
Siphuncle with one or two bands on each side above, and with a 
distinct internal valve. 
Shell internal, horny, lanceolate, without any air-chambers. 
Teuthidse (pars) Owen, Trails. Zool. Soc. ii. 1838. 
Teuthidse U Orb. Moll. Viv. et Fos. i. 382. 1848. 
Onychoteuthidae Gray , Proc . Zool. Soc. 1847, 206. 
