230 Records of the Indian Museum. [VoL. XII, 
figs. 11-19; pl. 22, fig. 11 (1886); Ortmann, Zool. Fahrb., Ill, pp. 
653, 665 (1888); Wiilker, Abh.d. I/, Kl. d. k. Ak. d. Wiss., 111 Suppl.- 
Bd., | Abh., pp. 19, 22, 24 (1910); Berry, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sct. Phil., 
p- 423 (merely listed) (19124). 
M 797 ‘Investigator ’ station 246 : 15-x-1898, Laccadive Sea, 11° 14’ 30” 
N., 74° 57' 15” E., 68-148 fathoms—One @. 
M £12+ ‘Investigator’ station 360: 20=Kil- FQO5, 13> 30 IN:, 47> 32. 
130 fathoms—One 9, 
M £13 ‘ Investigator’ station 464: 22-iv-1912, S. of Ceylon, 6° 2! 30” 
N., 81° 29’ E., 52-68 fathoms—One 0. 
These all have smooth rings to the arm suckers, and teeth 
on the distal border of the tentacular suckers. Specimens M **7* 
and **** have dorsal mantle-lengths of only 20-21 mm., and 
possess three to five teeth on the tentacular rings, 
Specimen M 78? is much larger and has eight to seventeen 
teeth on the tentacular rings, and about twelve of the club 
suckers are as large as those of the arms. The hectocotylus and 
shell agree with the description of the type. 
The principal measurements of this specimen are ap- 
pended :— 
mim. 
Dorsal mantle-length Px: . ce 48 
Breadth of body ie ae a sais 19 
nf ,, head ee ar its : 15 
Fin maximum Aes ay ut Cano 
Ist right arm s: ae as ts 20 
PNG! a Gp se: ia wa 19 
25a a aree aS ~ ee ee 19 
Atha lesa Ras Ne mer ms A 17 
Tentacle a Ay. ane 51 
Club as i a ai 6 
Sepiostaire :— 
Wengthasn. 0 Age er a 47 
Breadth ... i. oe 9°50 
Index a ein 32 
Distribution.—Bay of Tokio (Ortmann); Yokohama market 
(Hoyle). 
Type.—In Britsih Museum, one male, two females. 
Sepia (Doratosepion) kobiensis, Hoyle. 
Sepia kobiensis, Hoyle, Diagnoses, II, p. 195; Prelim. Rep., I, p. 300 
(1885); ‘ Challenger’ Rep., XVI (Cephalopoda), p. 142, pl. 18, figs. 
7-14 (1886) ; Appelléf, K. Svensk. Vetensk. Akad. Handl., XX1, p. 20, 
pl. 3, fig, 7 (1886) ; Ortmann, Zool. Fahrb., Il, pp. 654, 665 (1888) ; 
Wilker, Abh. d. IJ. Kl. d. k. Ak. d. Wiss. 111 Suppl.-Bd., I Abh., 
pp. 16, 20, 24 (1910); Berry, Proc, Acad Naz. Sct. Phil. op: 423 
(1912a). 
M £114:19 § Investigator ’ station 246: 15-x-1898, Laccadive Sea, 11° 
14’ 30’ N., 74° 57/15" E., 68-148 fathoms—Four 9 , two young. 
M 8120-21 « [nvestigator ’ station 292 : 2-xi-1901, Persian Gulf, 26° 20! 
N., 53° 54’ E., 53 fathoms—One 9, one @. 
M £135 * Investigator’ station 383 : 22-1i-1909, off C. Negrais, Burma, 
16° o' N., 93° 37’ E., 40 fathoms—One @. 
M 214° ‘ Investigator ’ station 464 : 22-iv-1912, S. of Ceylon, 6° 2! 30” 
N., 81° 20’ E., 52-68 fathoms—One 9. 
