MADOKA SASAKI. 



Farn. Histioteuthidae Verrill 1881. 



Genus Stigmatoteuthis Pfeffer 19 10. 



14. SligmatotetithxH japoniea Pfeffer 1912. 



Calliteuihis reversa, Hoyle 1886, p. 183, pi. xxxiii, figs. 12-15. Hyalonema ground off 



Enoshima, Sagami Bay; New Zealand. 

 Stigmatoteuthis japenka, Pfeffer ig 12, p. 234. 



This species has not been rediscovered since it was first described. 



15. Stigtnatotetithis flofleini Pfeffer 1912. 



Local name : Kuragc-dako (Awa). 



Calliteuthis reversa, Chun igo6, rp. 747, 751, 752, figs. 2, 4, 5. Sagami Bay. 



Calliteuthis ocellata, Chun 1910, pp. 147-169, 170, text-pl. i, figs. 1, 2, text-fig. 23a, b. 



Berry 1912a, p. 432. 

 Calliteuthis dofleini, Pfeffer 1912, p. 288. 



Material examined : (i) One specimen with two hectocotylized 

 arms, found by Mr. S. Takahashi in the stomach of a sperm-whale captured 

 off the coast of Ibaraki Prefecture (lat. 36°I4'N, long. I42°r8 / E), June 15, 

 1904 (Sci. Coll. ). (ii) One ^ specimen with one (left) hectocotylized arm,, 

 obtained at Yoshihama, Awa Prov., April 4, 1889 (Sci. Coll.). (iii) One 

 Ç specimen with perfect tentacles, obtained in Sagami Bay, date ? 

 (Sci. Coll.). 



So far as I know, the above specimens are all that have ever been 

 obtained of the species after the -Doflein's specimen which served as type 

 to Chun's description of the species. The latter was in so badly preserved- 

 condition that specific characters have not been fully known. 



