6o8 MADOKA SASAKI : 



This name was applied by d'Orbigny to a cuttle-fish said to be 

 salted and dried for eating by Japanese, who should call it Ta-tsi-i-ka. 



Fam. SEPIID^E Steenstrup 1861. 



Genus Sepia Linneus 1758. 



23. Sepia torosa Ortmann, 1888. 



Sepia torosa, Ortmann 1888, p. 652, pi. xxiii, fig. 2 (Tokyo Bay). — 

 Ortmann 1891, p. 674 (Amboina). — Berry 1912a, p. 420. 



One specimen was collected by Prof. K. Mitsukuri at 

 Akune, Satsuma Prov., April 19, 1896 (Sci. Coll.). Mantle-length^ 

 143 mm. It agrees well with the description of Ortmann, except 

 in the fact that the horny ring of arm-suckers is nearly entire in the 

 margin — so at least in the proximal suckers — instead of being pro- 

 vided with distinct teeth. 



24. Sepia formosana Berry 191 2. 



Sepia formosana, Berry 1912a, p. 420, pi. ix, fig. 7 (Takao, 

 Formosa). 



Not yet come to the observation of the author. 



25. Sepia aculeata Van Hasselt 1834. 



Sepia aculeata Van Hasselt MS., in d'Orbigny et Férussac 1834, 

 p. 287 ; Seiches, pis. v & xxv (Indian Ocean., Java). — 

 d'Orbigny 1845, p. 296. — Gray 1849, p. 105 — Steenstrup 

 1875, p. 473, pi. ii, fig. 4.— Tryon 1879, p. 195, pi. xc, fig. 

 415; pi. xci, figs, 416, 417. — Goodrich 1896, p. 3 (Irawaddy 



i) With regard to the genus Sepia, the term " mantle-length," is employed to 

 designate the length from the posterior end of body to the anterior margin of mantle 

 as measured on the dorsal side, in exclusion of the length of rostrum which is often found 

 to be worn away. 



