collected hy the Fishery Cruiser * Goldseeher,^ 455 



twenty specimens were taken at various localities on tlie east 

 coast of Scotland, near Shetland, and in the Faeroe Channel, 

 which agree closely with Jatta^s descriptions and figures. 

 The only point of difference which should be mentioned is 

 that the two adult males in my possession show foliaceous 

 processes at the base on the first left arm only. Jatta 

 describes these as occurring to a slight extent on the first 

 right arm also. The distinctive characters of this beautiful 

 species are the full red colour of the back, due to the nume- 

 rous small and crowded chromatophoreSj the deeply sinuous 

 outline of the inferior margin of the mantle, the deeply incut 

 tins, and in the male the foliaceous hectocotylisation. The 

 tentacular club bears in my specimens 8-10 rows of small 

 suckers. 



Sepiola aurantiaca has hitherto been recorded only from 

 Mediterranean waters. 



Calliteutkis reverse, Verrill. 



Two small examples of this remarkable species were taken 

 with the Petersen young-fish net at Sta. 59° 5i' N., 7° 6' W., 

 in 250 m. They are only 14 mm. and 17 mm. in length. 

 They lack the dark brown colour inside the arms, on the 

 buccal membrane, and along the edge of gill, which Verrill 

 describes for this species, but they show the typical arrange- 

 ment of the luminous organs on the ventral surface and 

 on the ventral and ventro-lateral arms. Dr. G. Pfeffer, 

 who very kindly examined my specimens of Oigopsida, has 

 confirmed this identification. 



Calliteuthis reversa has not previously been recorded from 

 British waters. Verrill records it from the deep water off 

 the north-eastern coast of America in 365-2369 fath. It has 

 been found in New Zealand and Japanese waters {Hoyle) and 

 also in the Mediterranean {Pfeffer). 



The collection was worked over in the Embryological 

 Laboratory of Glasgow University during the winter sessions 

 1907-8 and 1908-9. A full account of the collection, with 

 figures of the new species, will appear in connexion with the 

 * Keports of the North Sea Fisheries Investigation Committee 

 (Northern Area).^ 



March 1909. 



