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Loligo edulis Hoyle, 1885. 



Loligo edulis Hoyle, 18856, p. 186. 



Loligo edulis Hoyle, ISS&d, p. 289. 



Loligo edulis Hoyle, 1886, pp. 29, 152, etc., pi. 23. 



Loligo edulis Ortmann, 1888, pp. 658, 663. 



Loligo edulis Brazier, 1892, p. 16 (locality record). 



Three specimens in the collections examined agree very fairly 

 with the description given by Hoyle. Two lots of young individuals 

 are referred provisionally to the same species. 



Distribution. Aomori, Mutsu (!); Same, Mutsu (!); Bay of 

 Tokio (!); Yokohama (type locality, Hoyle); Bay of Waka, Kii 

 (!). Port Jackson, Australia (Brazier). 



.Material Examined. 



No. 



Sp. Locality. 



1 Bay of Tokio 



2 Bay of Waka, Kii 

 ?36 Aomori, Mutsu... 

 ? 4 Same, Mutsu. 



Loligo chinensis Gray, 1849. 



Loligo chinensis Gray, 1849, p. 74. 



Loligo chinensis Tryon, 1879, p. 145. 



Loligo chinensis Ortmann, 1888, pp. 657, 665, pi. 24; pi. 25, figs. 2a-2d. 



Distribution. Bay of Tokio (Ortmann); Kadsiyama (Ortmann). 

 China (type locality, Gray). 



Loligo kobiensis Hoyle, 1885. 



Loligo kobiensis Hoyle, 18856, p. 184. 



Loligo kobiensis Hoyle, 1885d, p. 287. 



Loligo kobiensis Hoyle, 1886, pp. 29, 154, etc., pi. 25, figs. 1-10. 



Loligo kobiensis Ortmann, 1888, pp. 659, 665. 



A species well characterized among all Japanese forms, except 

 L. aspera, by its large tentacular suckers, the horny rings of which 

 are devoid of teeth. 



Distribution. Inland Sea (Hoyle); Bay of Kobe, Settsu (type 

 locality, Hoyle); Onomichi, Bingo (!); Nagasaki, Hizen (!); Mai- 

 zuru, Tango (Ortmann). 



