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by Blyth (1863) for a genus of Birds. Pfeffer (:o8, p. 

 37) includes as synonyms R. papillifera, J effreys ; R. 

 sublevis, Yerrill ; R. hyatti, Yerrill ; and R. palpebrosaj 

 Owen. 



R. macro soma (delle Chiaje, 1829). 



Hossia macrosoma, Norman, '90, p. 469 [regards B. oweni as being not 



more than a variety ; rightly I think]. 

 ,, Appellof, '93, p. 8, fig. 4. 

 Friele, '79, p. 284. 

 megaptera, Verrill, 1881. 

 R. moelleri, Steenstrup, 1856. 



Rossia molleri, Knipowitsch, : 02 [figured, with radula]. 



R. palpebrosa, Owen, 1834. 



Eossia palpebrosa, Appellof, '93, p. 7, fig. 7 [80° 3' N., 8° 28' E.]. 

 ,, Friele & Grieg, : 01. 

 R. sublevis, Yerrill, 1878. 



Rossia sublevis^ Norman, '90, p. 471 [off the south of Ireland ; Norman 

 also expresses the opinion that this is probably a synonym of ^. 

 glaiicopis]. 



Semirossia, Steenstrup, '87a, p. 90 [44]. 

 S. patagonica (E. A. Smith, 1881).i 

 S. tenera (Yerrill, 1880).i 



ffeteroteuthis tenera, Verrill, 1880. 



Heteroteuthis, Gray, 1849. 



H. weberi, Joubin. 



Heteroteuthis Weberi, Joubin, :02a, p. 113, four figs. ; :02c. 



LoLiGiNiD^, d'Orbigny, '45 (em). 

 Loligo, Schneider, J 84, p. 110. 

 L. australis, Gray, 1849. 



Loligo australis, Brazier, '92, p. 15 [Port Jackson, Newcastle, Port 

 Stephens, N.S.W.]. 



L. brevipennis, Pfeffer, 1884. 



Loligo brevipennis, Hedley, '99, p. 520 [Funafuti]. 



L. diomedeae, Hoyle, -.04, p. 29, pi. v. fig. 13; pi. vi. figs. 1-7. 



[Off Acapulco.] 

 L. edulis, Hoyle, 1885. 



Loligo edulis, Brazier, '92, p. 16 [Port Jackson, N.S.W.]. 

 L. forbesi, Steenstrup, 1856. 



Loligo forbesi, Auri^dllius, '98, p. 45 [Skagerak, Baltic]. 



L. indica, Pfeffer, 1884. 



Goodrich ('96, p. 7) is of opinion that the form described 

 under this name in the " Challenger " Report (Hoyle, '86, 

 1 Pfeffer (:o8, p. 45) regards these two species as identical. 



