The Cephalopoda of the Scottish National Antarctic Expedition. 

 By William Evans Hoyle, M.A., D.Sc. 



(MS. received January 8, 1912. Read February 19, 1912. Issued separately May 28, 1912.) 



The Cephalopoda collected by the Scotia may, with a few trifling exceptions, be 

 separated geographically into three divisions, coming respectively from South Africa, 

 South America, and the Antarctic. 



A. SOUTH AFRICA : 



Euprymna sp. 

 Sepiolid (undetermined). 

 Loligo reynaudi. 

 Sepia australis. 

 Hemisepius typicus. 



B. SOUTH AMERICA : 



Polypus brucei, n. sp. 

 Polypus tehuelchus. 

 Desmoteuthis sp. 



C. ANTARCTIC REGIONS : 



Stauroteuthis sp. 



Moschites charcoti. 

 Onychoteuthis ingens. 

 Bathyteuthis abyssicola. 

 (jraliteuthis suhmi. 



In addition were collected : 



BETWEEN THE CAPE AND TRISTAN DA CUNHA : 

 Hixtioteuthis sp. 



EQUATORIAL ATLANTIC : 



Tremoctopus quoyanus. 



A considerable number of the horny mandibles of Cephalopods were obtained from 

 the stomachs of various mammals and birds, but the small amount of authentically 



(REl'RINTED FROM THE TRANSACTIONS OF THK ROYAL SOCIETY OF EDINBURGH, VOL. XLVIII , PP. 273 283.) 



