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4 * The second and third Pairs of sessile Arms with a broad mem- 
branaceous Fin on the inner Edge of the ventral Side , sup- 
ported by radiating fleshy Pays. Cups compressed , so as to 
be in a single Series ; ventral Part of the Mantle fixed to the 
Head. 
7. Ommastrephes oualaniensis. 
Body elongated, cylindrical. Pinnse terminal, broad, transverse. 
Arms short, unequal, furnished with one row of cups. Shell elon- 
gate, narrow. 
Ommastrephes oualiensis D'Orb. Moll. Viv. et Fos. i. 427. 
Loligo oualaniensis Lesson , Voy. de Coquille , Zool. 240. t. 1 . f. 2. 
1830 ; Feruss. Ceph. Acet. t. 3. 
Loligo Yanicoriensis Quoy Sf Gaim . Voy. Ast . Moll. ii. 79. t. 5. f. 
1, 2. 1833. 
Loligo brevitentaculata Quoy Gaim. 1. c. 81. 1833. 
Ommastrephes oceanicus D'Orb. Ceph . Acet . Calmars , t. 21. Om- 
mastrephes, t. 1. f. 14 — 16., rings, 1839. 
Hab. Throughout the Indian Ocean. 
a. • l n spirits. Mus. Leach. 
b. ? Cape of Good Hope. In spirits, not in a good state. 
Presented by the Earl of Derby. 
\ South Sea. In spirits, bad state. Presented by A. Menzies, 
Vancouver’s Voyage. 
§§ Body transparent , tubercular beneath. One or two Cups on the 
second Pair of sessile Arms larger. — Hyaloteuthis. 
8. Ommastrephes pelagicus. 
Body elongate, subcylindrical, smooth above, with scattered opaque 
tubercles, in eight cross lines beneath. Fins about a quarter 
the length of the body, very thin, nicked in front, together 
transverse, rhomboidal, with rounded angles. Sessile arms tri- 
angular ; cups in two alternate lines, longly peduncled. Ten- 
tacular arms very slender, scarcely clubbed, with a series of 
peduncled cups. Diaphanous white, red-spotted. Shell very 
thin, very slender, without any ribs, with a small terminal cone. 
Sepia pelagica Bose, Buff, de Deterv. Hist. Nat. Vers, i. 46. t. 1. f. 
1, 2. 1802. 
Calmar pelagica Montfort. Biff, de Sonnin. Moll. ii. 86. 1. 19. 1805. 
Loligo pelagicus Feruss. Diet. Class, iii. 67. n. 7. 1823 ; D' Orb. 
Tab. Ceplial. 63. n. 7, Ceph. Acet. t. 18. f. 1, 2. 
