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CATALOGUE OF CEPHALOPODA. 
spirits. Hinder part of body produced, subvesicular. 
Presented by J. Cranch, Esq., Congo Expedition. 
Loligo Smith'd Leach. 
h , c. West Africa* lat. 1° 8' H., long. 26° 30' E. Half- 
grown, not good state. In spirits. Hinder part of 
body suddenly contracted into a short tail. Presented 
by J. Cranch, Esq., Congo Expedition. 
Loligo leptura Leach. 
d. West Africa, lat. 1° 8' N., long. 26° 30' E. The head and 
arms only. Presented by J. Cranch, Esq., Congo Expe- 
dition. 
2. Enoploteuthis margaritifera. 
Body elongate. Fins rhombic, about two-thirds the length of the 
body, acute on the sides. Eyes with five round tubercles on 
the ventral side. Sessile arms rounded behind, not finned; the 
third and fourth pairs much thicker. Tentacular arms scarcely 
enlarged above, subulate, and unarmed at the tip, with a small 
round group of four or five cups at the base, and three or four 
small hooks in the middle. Shell broad lanceolate, thin, trans- 
parent. 
Enoploteuthis margaritifera Ruppell , Giornale del Gabin. di Mes- 
sina , xxvi. 1844, 2. f. 1. 
Hab . Sicily, Messina. Ruppell. 
a , b. Messina. In spirits. From Dr. Ruppell’s Collection. 
c. The shell of a. in spirits. 
3 Enoploteuthis Yerany. 
Body conical. Fins rhombic, half as long as the body, large angular 
on the sides. Second pair of arms finned on the outer side. 
Enoploteuthis Yerany Ruppell , Giorn. del Gabin. di Messina , xxvi. , 
1844, 3. f. 2. 
Hab. Genoa. 
4. Enoploteuthis Owenii. 
Body conical, pointed behind. Fins rhombic, more than half the 
length of the body, nicked in front, rounded on the sides. — Bosy 
white. 
Enoploteuthis Owenii Verany , Congress, di Napoli , Cat. Anim. 
Invert. Genova , 17. 29. n. 54. t. 6. f. 2, 3. 
Hab. Genoa. Perhaps the same as E. Verany. 
