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Length, total 



I ,ength of mantle, dorsal 



Width of mantle 



Width of neck 



Width of head 



Length of funnel 



1 .rugth of right dorsal arm (outside measurement). . 



Length of left dorsal arm (outside measurement) 



Length of right second arm (outside measurement)... 



Length of left second arm (outside measurement) 



I .( ugth of right third arm (outside measurement).... ... 



Length of left third arm (outside measurement) 



Length of right ventral arm (outside measurement ). 



Length of left ventral arm (outside measurement) 



Length of hectocotylus 



Width of hectocotylus 



Width of umbrella between dorsal arms 



Width of umbrella between ventral arms 



Distribution. — Hakodate, Oshima (!); Aomori, Mutsu (!); Matsu- 

 shima, Rikuzen (!); Bay of Tokio (Ortmann); Misaki, Sagami 

 Wtilker !); Yokohama (Hoyle); Bay of Waka, Kii (!); Nagasaki, 

 Hizen (Appellof). 



Canary Islands, Mediterranean Sea, etc. As this species has 

 also been recorded from the Red Sea, Bay of Bengal, Straits of 

 Malacca, and various other localities, its area of distribution appears 

 to form a continuous belt along the entire southern and south- 

 western shores of the Eurasian continent. It is represented in the 

 Stanford University collections by an excellent series of specimens 

 from the following localities: 



No. 



Sp. Locality. Sex. Collectors. 



1 Hakodate, Oshima <? Jordan and 



Snyder 



2 Aomori, Mutsu & Jordan and 



Snyder 



3 Mat sushima, Rikuzen 9 2d 1 Jordan and 



Snyder 



Misaki, Sagami 9 Jordan and 



Snyder 



1 Bay of Waka, Kii 9 Jordan and 



Snyder 



Where Author's 

 deposited. Register. 



L.S.J.U., 32S 

 Cat. 2,007 



L.S.J.U., 325 

 Cat. 2,008 



L.S.J.U., 327 

 Cat. 2,009 



L.S.J.U., 346 

 Cat. 2,011 



L.S.J.U., 326 

 Cat. 2,010 



