244 Proceedings of the Royal Physical Society. 



8. 0. insignis, Gkl., Moll. Wilkes Exped., p. 4S0, fig. 594, 1852. 



Southern Ocean ; Pacific Insular Region. 



9. 0- crassus, Lafont, Actes Linn. Soc. Bordeaux, xxviii., p. 



275, pi. xvi., 1871. 

 Lusitanian Region. 

 10. 0. sequipodus (Riipp.).^ 



1844. Loligo cequipoda, Riipp., Giorn. Gab. Messina, xxvi. {fide Ver. ). 

 1851. ,, ,, Ver., Ceph. medit., p. 105, pi. xxxv., figs, a, b. 



Mediterranean Region. 



Dosidicus, Steenstnip, 1857. 



1. D. Eschrichtii, Stp., Oversigt K. D. Vid. Selsk. Forbandl., p. 



11, 1857; Ommat. Blsekspr., pp. 79, 81, 89, with 

 woodcuts. 

 Mediterranean Region. 



2. D. Steenstrupii, Pfifr., Ceph. Hamb. Mus., p. 20, fig. 27, 1884. 



Hab.1 



Todarodes, Steenstrup, 1880. 

 Ommastrephes, d'Orbigny (pars). 



1. T. sagittatus (Lmk.), Stp. 



1758. Loliginis sjxcies maxima, Seba, Eer. Nat. Thes., iii., pi. iv., 



figs. 1, 2. 

 1799. Loligo sagittata, Lmk., Mem. Soc, Hist. Nat. Paris, i,, p. 13. 



1829. ,j todarus, d. Ch., Mem. stor. anim., iv., p. 161, pi. Ix. 



1830. Om'inastrephcs todarms, d'Orb., Ceph. acet., p. 349, pi. i. ; pi. ii., 



figs. 4-10. 

 1880. Todarodes sagittatus, Stp., Ommat. Bl?ekspr., pp. 83, 90, etc. 

 Atlantic Ocean ; Scandinavian, Lusitanian, and Mediter- 

 ranean Regions. 



2. T. pacificus, Stp., Ommat. Blsekspr., pp. 83, 90, etc., 1880. 



1886. Ommastrephes jMcificits, App., Japanska Ceph., p. 35, pi. iii., 



figs. 8-10. 

 1886. Todarodes „ Hoyle, Chall. Ceph., p. 163, pi. xxvfii., 



figs. 1-5. 

 Japanese Region. 



3. T. (?) Sloanii (Oray), Stp. 



1849. Ommastrephes Sloanii. Gray, B.M.C., p. 61. 



1880. (?) Sloanei, Stp., Ommat. Blsekspr., p. 98. 



Pacific Ocean : New Zealand Res^ion. 



1 The specimen in the British Museum which came " from Dr E. Ruppell's 

 collection " seems to me to be a young Illex Coindetii. 



