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CATALOGUE OF CEPHALOPODA. 
Labial membrane with four or five cups at the angles (see 
Ferussac , 1. c. t. 5. f. 4. t. 7. f. 8.). Shell lanceolate, narrow, 
widest at one third the length, central ridge very strong. Sides 
thickened, and ^diverging to the upper extremity of the ex- 
pansion. 
Sepioteuthis mauritiana Quoy Sf Gaim. Voy. Ast. Moll. ii. 76. t. 4. 
f. 2 — 6. 1833 ; D'Orb. et Feruss. Cephal. Acet. Sepioteuthis , t. 5. 
f. 1 — 4. t. 7. f. 1—5. ; D'Orb. Moll. Viv. et Fos. i. 328. 
Hah. Mauritius. 
4. Sepioteuthis madagascariensis. 
Body oblong, rounded behind. Fins broad, rounded. Cups of 
tentacular arms unequal, four-rowed. Labial membrane with a 
single cup at the tip of each angle. Shell lanceolate, rather 
broad, thickened on the side, upper part rather broad, blackish. 
Sepioteuthis madagascariensis Gray MS. B. M. 1836. 
Hah. Madagascar. 
a. Madagascar. In spirits. Presented by J. E. Gray, Esq. 
b. Shell of a. In spirits. 
ff Shell lanceolate , not thickened on the Sides. 
5. Sepioteuthis Lessoniana. 
Body elongate, spotted with violet. Fins dilated posteriorly. 
Head broad ; ear crests thick, broad. Sessile arms elongate, 
unequal ; order of length, 3, 4, 2, 1 ; cups oblique ; rings with 
distant acute teeth. Tentacular arms bluntly clubbed; cups 
large, very oblique ; rings armed with acute, distant, curved 
teeth. Shell lanceolate, broadest in the middle ; outer edge not 
thickened ; central rib broad, extended in front, one fifth the 
length. 
Sepioteuthis Lessoniana Feruss. D'Orb. Tab. de& Ceph. 65. 1825 ; 
Lesson , Voy. de Coquille , Moll. 241. t. 11.; D' Orb. et Feruss. 
Cephal. Acet. Sepioteuthis , t. 1. t. 6. f. 2 — 14. ; D'Orb. Moll. 
Viv. et Fos. i. 326. 
Hob. New Guinea. 
a. Bay of Islands, New Zealand. Adult. (Rings of the cups 
black, nearly edentulous.) Antarctic Expedition. 
b. Shell of a. broken. In spirits. 
c. d. Bay of Islands, New Zealand. Young. (Rings of the 
cups brown, with numerous acute teeth.) Antarctic 
Expedition. 
