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 404 PROCEEDINGS OF THE ACADEMY OF [July, 



Ceylon (Ortmann); Cape Fabre (d'Orbigny); Java (d'Orbigny ? 

 Keferstein); Ternate (Hoyle); Amboina (Joubin); New Guinea 

 (d'Orbigny); Apia, Samoa (!); Kandava, Fiji (Hoyle); New Zea- 

 land (Gray). 



As the original figures of d'Orbigny and Ferussac have not been 

 accessible to me, I have not referred the specimens in hand to this 

 species without a certain amount . of hesitation, and hence have 

 thought it well to enter somewhat fully into the details of their 

 description. Few of the species of Sepioteuthis have been as well 

 characterized in the literature as they should be, but I have little 

 doubt that the present material is at least identical with that from 

 the same region which ' authors before me have identified as S. les- 

 soniana. The species is said to attain a length of three feet, but 

 the maximum dimension given by Hoyle in respect to the specimens 

 taken by the " Challenger" is only*570 mm. 



If correctly understood, this form would seem to have a surprising 

 range in the tropical and subtropical waters of the Pacific, and 

 possibly several other nominal species should be relegated to the 

 synonymy. 



Cat, 2,044 



Sepioteuthis sieboldi Joubin, 1898. 



Sepioteuthis Sieboldi Joubin, 1898, p. 27 (fide Hoyle). 

 I have not seen the description of this species. 

 Distribution. Japan (Joubin). Waigeou (Joubin). 



