NOTES ON THE JAPANESE MVOPSIDA. 



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188S, p. 663. — Brazier 1892, p. 16 (Port Jackson, Australia). 

 — Berry 1912a, p. 398. (Tokyo Bay; Wakanoura; Aomori ; 

 Same, Mutsu Prov.). 

 List of specimens examined. 



No. 



Specimens 



Locality 



Date 



Where preserved 



i 



1^ 



Akune, Satsuma 



April 20, 1S96 



Sci. Coll. 



ii 



1^ 



Oshima, Izu 



— 



do 



iii 





Misaki 



May 24, 1896 



do 



iv 



3$. +?■ 



Misaki 



1896 



do 



V 



3 juv. 



Hayakawa, Odawara 



Dec. 22, 190S 



do 



vi 



I* 



Misaki 



Nov. 1908 



do 



vii 



*® 



Namerikawa, Etchû 



May, 1913 



Agr. Coll. 



viii 





Namerikawa 



July 15, 1913 



Fish. Inst. 

 Namerikawa 



Specimens Nos. vii and viii differ a little from the Challenger speci- 

 men in the hectocotylized arm bearing very minute suckers on the 

 conical papilla; of the terminal portion, instead of being entirely with- 

 out them. 



This is the largest of Loligo species occurring in Japan and is one 

 of the commonest. It is most abundant in South Japan and becomes 

 less common in the northern parts. 



12. Loligo chinensis Gray 1849. 



Local name : Aka-ika (Nagasaki). 



Loligo chinensis, Gray 1849, p. 74 (China). — Tryon, 1879, p. 

 145. — Ortmann 1888, p. 657, pl. xxiv ; pi. xxv, figs. 2a-2d 



