sepiadae: sepia. 
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Hab. Australia. 
a, b. Australia. Shell. Dry. Presented by Andrew Sinclair, 
M.D. K.NT. 
§§ Sessile Arms with equal , small Cups . The upper Pair with two 
Rows of Cups. 
26. Sepia elegans. 
Body ovate, oblong, elongate, smooth, acuminated anteriorly. Fins 
very narrow. Head smooth. Sessile arms short, unequal ; length, 
4, 3, 1, 2; cups spherical, oblique, in two rows on the dorsal 
pair and the base of the other, and in four rows on their ends, 
the second and middle rows of the latter larger. Tentacular 
arms long, with five series of small cups and three much larger 
ones ; with the rings rather oblique and toothed. Shell elon- 
gated, arched behind, very narrow, winged and pointed in 
front, very narrow and winged behind, with a medial crest 
externally. 
Sepia elegans D'Orb. Tab. Meth . Seiches , t. 8. f. 1 — 5. 1826; 
Blainv. Diet. Sc. Nat. xlviii. 284 Faune Franq. 19.; Rang , Mag. 
de Zool. 1837, 74. t. 99. ; D' Orb. et Feruss. Ceph. Acet. Seiches , t. 
8. f. 1 — 5. t. 27. f. 3 — 6. ; D'Orb. Paleont. univ . t. 3. f. 6 — 8., 
Paleont. etrang. t. 3., Moll. Viv. et Fos. i. 285. t. 12. f. 6 — 8. 
Hab. Mediterranean, Messina, Adriatic, Malaga, and Coast of 
Algiers. 
27. Sepia Orbignyana. 
Body oblong, elongated, smooth. Fins narrow, thin. Head 
very large. Sessile arms short, triangular, unequal ; order of 
length, 1,4, 3, 2 ; cups subspherical, in two rows on the base of 
the three upper pairs, and four on the ventral pair ; horny rings 
entire. Tentacular arms slender ; club lanceolate ; cups in five 
lines, with five or six very large ones in the middle line. Shell 
elongated, grooved above, granular ; narrow and acuminated 
in front; narrowed, thin, rounded, and with an elongated re- 
curved beak behind. — Head and back violet, beneath white. 
Sepia Orbignyana Feruss. D'Orb. Tab. Meth. des Ceph. 66. 1826, 
Ann. Sc. Nat. 1826; Blainv . Faune Franq. 19.; D'Orb. et 
Feruss. Cephal. Acet. Seiches , t. 5. t. 27. f. 1, 2.; D'Orb. 
Paleont. univ . t. 4. f. 3, 4., Paleont. etrang. t. 4. f. 3, 4., Moll. 
Viv. et Fos. i. 274. t. 13. f. 3, 4. 
Hab. Atlantic Ocean and Mediterranean, Naples. 
