AUSTRALIA AND TASNTANIA. 17 



Loligo hrevitentaculafa, Quoy et Gaim., Voy. "Astrolabe," Vol. II, p. 81, 1832, 



Ommaslrephes oualaniensis, d'Orb., Ceph. Acot., p. 341 ; Calamars, pi. 3, 

 pi. 21, figs. 1, 2, 1839. 



Ommasfrephes oiialaniensis, Stp., Amniot. Blaekspr, pp. 76, 84, 1880. 



Ommastrephes oualaniensis, Hoyle, Report on Cephalopoda, H.M.S. " Chal- 

 lenger," Zoology, Vol. XVI, pp. 33, 161, 214, 1886. 

 Habitat. — Torres Straits, Grreat Barrier Reef, Nickol Bay, North- West 



Australia. (J. Brazier.) 



Ommastrephes Gouldi, McCoy. 

 Ommastreplies Oouldi, McCoy, Prodromus of the Zoology of Victoria, Decade, 

 XVir, Vol. II., p. 2.5.5, pi. 169, 170, 1888. 

 Kahifat. — Victorian AVaters, South Coast of Australia. (Professor McCoy.) 



Family OXCHII, Steenstrup, 1861. 



Sub-family ONYCIIOTEUTHID^, G-ray, 1849. 



ONYCHOTEUTHIS, Lichten3tein, 1818. 



Onychoteuthis rutilus, Gould. 



Onychoteuthis rutilus, Gkl, ^MolL, Wilkes' Exped., p. 482, fig. 595, 1852. 



Onychoteuthis rutilus, Tryou, Manual of Conchology, Vol. I, p. 169, pi. 7, 

 fig. 302, 1879. 



Onychoteuthis rutilus, Hoyle, Eeport on Cephalopoda, H.M.S. "Challenger." 

 Zoology, Vol. XVI, p. 39, 1886. 



Habitat. — Near Sydney, New South Wales, (Wilkes' Expedition.) 



Family CRANCHI^FORMES, Steenstrup, 1861. 



Sub-family CRANCHIAD^E, Gray, 1849. 



TAONIUS, Steenstrup, 1861. 



Taonius Suhmi, Lankester. 



Procalisfes suhmii, Lankester, Quart. Jour. Micr. Sci., Vol. XXIV, p. 311, 



1884, 



Taonius suhmii, Hoyle, in Narrative, " Challenger" Expedition, p. 472, figs. 

 173, 174, 1885. 



Taonius suhmii, Hoyle, Report on the Cephalopoda, H.M.S. " Challenger," 

 Zoology, Vol. XVI, pp. 45, 199, pi. 32, figs. 5-11, 1886. 

 Habitat. — Station 159 ; Southern Ocean due south of Australia, lat. 47° 

 25' S., long 130° 22' E. ; 2,L50 fathoms. Between Sydney and Wel- 

 lington, surface specimens (H.M.S. "Challenger"). 

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