Chapter X: Gigantic Cuttle-Fishes 99

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.

FIG. PAGE
THE OCTOPUS (_Octopus vulgaris_) _Frontispiece_.

1. THE PAPER NAUTILUS (_Argonauta Argo_) 5

2. SUCKER OF THE OCTOPUS 21

3. MANDIBLES OF THE OCTOPUS 25

4. TONGUE OF THE OCTOPUS 26

5. THE OCTOPUS SWIMMING 28

6. EGGS OF THE OCTOPUS 58

7. THE COMMON CUTTLE-FISH (_Sepia officinalis_) 67

8. SEPIOLA RONDELETII 70

9. THE COMMON SQUID (_Loligo vulgaris_) 71

10. EGGS OF THE CUTTLE-FISH (_Sepia officinalis_) 73

11. SPAWN OF THE COMMON SQUID (_Loligo vulgaris_) 76

12. FAC-SIMILE OF DE MONTFORT’S “_Poulpe Colossal_” 101