28 THE VOYAGE OF H.M.S. CHALLENGER. 



15. Sepioteuthis hrevis, Owen. 



188L Sepioteuthis hrevis, Owen, Trans. Zool. Soo. Lond., vol. xi. part 5, p. 137, pi. xxvi. fig. 1. 



16. Sepioteuthis sinensis, d'Orbigny. 



1839. Sepioteuthis sinensis, d'Orb., C6pli. ac6t., p. 304. 



17. Sepioteuthis arctipinnis, Gould. 



1852. Sepioteuthis arctipinnis, Gld., MoU. "Wilkes Exped., p. 479, fig. 593. 



Loligo, Lamarck, 1799. 



1. Loligo vulgaris, Lamarck. 



1799. Loligo vulgaris, Lmk., Mem. Soc. Hist. Nat. Paris, t. i. p. 11. 



1823. „ pulchra, Blv., Diet. d. Sci. Nat., t. xxvii. p. 144. 



1833. „ Rangii, Fer., Ceph. ac6t. ; Calmars, pi. xix. figs. 4-6. 



1839. ,, vulgaris, d'Orb., C^ph. ac^t., p. 308 ; Calmars, pis. viii.-x., xxii., xxiii. 



figs. 1-12. 

 1849. „ negleda. Gray, B.M.C., p. 72. 



]851. „ Berthelotii (.?), Vf^r., C(5pli. m(5dit., p. 93, pi xxxvi. figs. h-k. 

 1869. „ mediterranea, Targ., Cef. Mus. Firenze, p. 36. 

 1869. „ pulchra, Fischer, Journ. de ConcL, s6r. 3, t. ix. p. 129. 



2. Loligo affinis, Lafont.^ 



1871. Loligo affinis, Lafont, Actes Linn. Soc. Bordeaux, t. xxviii. p. 273, pi. xiii. 



1872. „ „ Lafont, Journ. de Conch., ser. 3, t. xii. p. 22. 



3. Loligo macrophthalma, Lafont. 



1871. Loligo macrophthalma, Lafont, Actes Linn. Soc. Bordeaux, t. xxviii. p. 274, pi. xv. 



1872. ,, ,, Lafont, Journ. de Conch., ser. 3, t. xii. p. 23. 



4. Loligo microcephala, Lafont. 



1871. Loligo microcephala, Lafont, Actes Linn. Soc. Bordeaux, t. xxviii. p. 273, pi. xiv. 



1872. „ ,, Lafont, Journ. de Conch., s^r. 3, t. xii. p. 22. 



5. Loligo moulinsi, Lafont. 



1871. Loligo Moulinsi, Lafont, Actes Linn. Soc. Bordeaux, t. xxviii. p. 274. 



1872. „ „ Lafont, Journ. de Conch., s6t. 3, t. xii. p. 23. 



6. Loligo hreviceps, Steenstrup. 



1861. Loligo hreviceps, Stp., Vid. Meddel. nat. Foren. Kj0benhavn, p. 289. 

 1871. „ vulgaris, Lenz, Jahresb. Comm. Kiel., Jahrg. i. p. 135. 



1873- „ hrevipes, Morch, Nachiichtsbl. malak. Gesellsoh., No. 5 {err. typ.) {fide Lenz). 

 1875. „ hreviceps, Lenz, Jahresb. Comm. Kiel, Anhang., p. 23, pi. i. figs. 5, 6 ; pi. ii. 

 figs. 1-9 (pub. 1878). 



' I am inclined to suspect that some of Lafont's species are mere varieties, but as this opiniou is based only on 

 the brief published descriptions I refrain from giving it formal expression. It will be showi in the sequel (p. 157) that 

 the greatest caution must be exercised in accepting distinctions based on the proportionate length of the body and fin. 



