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15. Loligo Alessandrinii. 
Body oblong, subcylindrical, rounded behind. Fins "about two 
fifths the length of the body, posterior, rounded. Cups of ten- 
tacular arms, unequal, large. 
Loligo Alessandrini Verany , Ceph . ex Sicilia , t. 2. f. 2. 
Hab. Sicily. 
4 * Doubtful recent Species. 
16. Loligo minima. 
Body smooth, oblong, conical. Fins very small, at the end of body, 
semicircular, far apart. Sessile arms short, rather unequal ; 
cups in two lines. Tentacular arms long, cylindrical, scarcely 
enlarged at the end, with two rows of small, alternate, peduncled 
cups. Ferussac. 
Loligo minima D' Orb. Moll. Viv. et Fos. i. 351. 
Cranchia minima Feruss. Cranchies , t. 1. f. 4, 5. 1830. 
Hab. Coast of Africa. 
17. Loligo carunculata. 
Body oblong, roundish. Fins rhombic. Tentacular arms with 
cylindrical or triangular caruncles on the inner side, and a few 
cups. 
Sepia carunculata Schneider , Beobacht. und Fndeck. aus der Nat . v. 
42. ; Isert , Reise nach Guinea , 7. 1788. 
Loligo carunculata Feruss. MS.; D' Orb. Moll. Viv. et Fos. i. 352. 
Hab. Gulf of Guinea. 
18. Loligo lanceolata. 
Loligo lanceolata Rafin. Precis des Decouv. Somiol. 29. 14. ; 
-D’ Orb. Moll. Viv. et Fos. i. 352. 
Hab. Mediterranean. Not described. 
19. Loligo osogadium. 
Loligo osogadium Rafin. Precis des Decouv. Somiol. 29. 1814; 
D' Orb. Moll. Viv. et Fos. i. 352. 
Hab. Mediterranean. Not described. 
5 * Fossil Species. Upper Lias. 
20. Loligo fyriformis. 
Shell oblong, smooth, attenuated in front, dilated behind. 
