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unequal ; order of length, 4, 3, 2, 1 ; cups spherical, with very 
small smooth-edged rings. Tentacular arms lanceolate, with 
very small numerous equal- sized cups in many lines, and with 
toothless rings. Shell ovate, oblong, tubercularly wrinkled, 
depressed, broader in the middle, narrow behind, and furnished 
with an elongated compressed beak beneath ; convex in front, 
concave and with a diaphragm behind. 
Sepia rostrata D'Orbigny , Cephal . Acet. Seiches , t. 8. f. 6 . 1820, t. 
29. 1839, Paleont. univ. Sf Paleont. etrang. t. 4. f. 11, 12., Moll . 
Viv. et Fos. i. 293. t. 13. f. 11, 12. shell. 
Hah. Indian Ocean, Bombay, Ceylon, and New Holland. 
In this and in several of M. D’Orbigny’ s descriptions, the French 
and Latin versions differ. I have taken the French as being most 
probably the correct one. 
23. Sepia indica. 
Body short, round, smooth. Fins thick, narrow, broader behind. 
Sessile arms short, unequal ; order of length, 4, 3, 1, 2 ; cups 
hemispherical. Tentacular arms very long, slender ; cups very 
small, equal-sized, in ten or twelve series. Shell ovate, oblong, 
wrinkled, acuminate at each end, shortly beaked behind, with a 
thick convex diaphragm behind beneath. 
Sepia Blainvillei D'Orb. Feruss. Ceph. Acet. t. 21. 1839, not 
Desh. 1837 ; D'Orb. Moll. Viv. et Fos. i. 295. 
Sepia indica D'Orb. Moll. Viv. et Fos. i. 298. 1845. 
? S. australis D' Orb. Cephal. Acet. Sepia , t. 7. f. 4. bone of young, 
Moll. Viv. et Fos. i. 294. not Quoy. 
Hah. Bombay, New Holland. 
a. Cape Upstart, Australia. In spirits. Presented by J. B. 
Jukes, Esq. 
24. Sepia myrsus. 
Animal — ? Bone oblong, the hinder extremity rounded, 
rather produced, shelly, with a slight thickening within ; apex 
blunt, rather produced, inner surface suddenly thickened, the 
upper half convex, with a slight central depression. 
Hab. China. 
a. China. Shell. Dry. 
25. Sepia Mestus. 
Animal ? Bone oblong, rounded behind ; cavity nar- 
row behind, rapidly widening (surface destroyed) ; apex elon- 
gated, acute, recurved, shelly. 
