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grounds of convenience, to adhere to the classification there 

 adopted, and I have felt the less hesitation in so doing by 

 reason of the commendation which it has received from the 

 pen of Dr Jatta. A reference has been given to the creation 

 of each species, and to other places where information of 

 importance will be found, and also an indication of its 

 habitat. A few notes on previously known species have 

 been added. In conclusion, I desire to express my apprecia- 

 tion of the value and completeness of the " Zoological 

 Eecord": I have found scarcely any omissions in its pages. 



Class CEPHALOPODA, Cuvier. 



Order I. DIBRANCHIATA, Owen, 1832. 



Suborder I. OCTOPODA, Leach, 1818. 



Division 1. Lioglossa, Liitken, 1882. 



Family I. Pteroti, Reinhardt et Prosch, 1846. 



Cirroteuthis, EscLricht, 1836. 



8. C. caudani, JouV>in, Ann. Univ. Lyon, vol. xxvi., p. 247, 

 fig., 1896. 

 Lusitanian Region. 



Opisthoteuthis, Yerrill, 1883. 



2. 0. depressa, Ijima and Ikeda, J. Coll. Sci. Tokyo, vlii., pp. 

 1-15, pi. xxxiii., 1895. 

 Japanese Region. 



Family III. Argonautid^e, Cantraine, 1841. 



Argonauta, Linntj, 175G. 



6. A. Bcettgeri, Maltzan: Smith, Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist. (5), 

 XX., p. 409, pi. xvii., figs. 1-6, 1887. 

 Indo-Malayan Region. 

 8. A. BuUeri, Kirk, Trans. N. Zeal. Inst., vol. xviii., p. 138, 

 pi. iv., 1885. 

 New Zealand Region, 



