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strong, curved, distant teeth, longest on the highest side. Ten- 
tacular arms much clubbed, blunt ; cups rather oblique, in four 
lines ; rings of the larger central ones narrow, with very distant 
teeth. Shell lanceolate, thickened edge extending up to the 
shoulder, upper part short. 
Sepioteuthis lunulata Quoy Sf Gaim. Voy. Astrol. Zool. Moll. ii. p. 
74 . t. 3. f. 8 — 13. <j>? 1832 ; IF Orb. et Feruss. Cephal . Acet. Se- 
pioteuthis, t. 3. f. 1. t. 6. f. 1—8.; j D'Orb. Moll. Viv. et Fos. i. 
323. t. 17. f. 5— 8. 
Sepioteuthis guinensis (Sepioteuthe de Dorei) Quoy 8f Gaim. Voy. 
Astrol. Zool. Moll. ii. 72. t. 3. f. 1—7. 1833. 
Sepioteuthis dorensis U Orb. et Feruss. Ceph. Acet. Sepioteuthis , t. 
3. f. 3. ? 1833. 
Hab. New Guinea, Vanikoro. 
2. Sepioteuthis australis. 
Body oblong-elongate, cylindrical, truncated in front, acuminate 
and blunt behind. Fins very broad, very fleshy, subrhomboidal, 
broadest in the middle of the body. Sessile arms elongate, un- 
equal; order of length, 3, 4, 2, 1. Tentacular arms very strong, 
compressed ; club large ; cups very large ; rings of larger cups 
with very blunt distant teeth. Shell thin, flexible, lanceolate, 
widest at one third its length ; central rib prominent, expansion 
commencing near its upper end. 
Sepioteuthis australis Quoy Sf Gaim. Voy . Astrol. Zool. ii. 77. t. 4. 
f. 1. 1833, Regne Animal du Cuv. t. 3.; IF Orb. et Feruss. 
Cephal. Acet. Sepioteuthis. t. 5. f. 5. t. 6. f. 15 — 21. ; I)' Orb; 
Moll. Viv. et Fos. i. 324. t. 17. f. 15. 
Hab. New Holland. 
Yar. 1. Cups on labial membrane, three in one line. 
a. Port- Jackson, Australia. Half-grown. In spirits. Pre- 
sented by J. B. Jukes, Esq. n. 81. 
b. The shell of a. 
Yar. 2. Cups on labial membrane, five in two lines. 
c. Darnley Island, Australasia. Adult. In spirits. Presented 
by J. B. Jukes, Esq. n. 241. 
3. Sepioteuthis Mauritian a. 
Body spotted with violet, cylindrical, acuminated behind. Fins 
narrow, widest at two thirds the length of the body. Sessile 
arms unequal ; order of length 3, 4, 2, 1 ; cups oblique ; rings 
with a number of acute, hooked, curved teeth. Tentacular 
arms slender ; cups rather oblique ; rings of the middle cups 
with acute, distant, hooked teeth, largest on the highest side. 
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