NOTES ON THE JAPANESE MVOPSIDA. 



6ll 



27. Sepia esculenta Hoyle 1885. 



Sepia esculenta, Hoyle 1885a, p. 188 (Yokohama market). — Hoyle 

 1885b, p. 291. — Appellöf 1886, p. 28, pi. iii, figs. 1-6 (Naga- 

 saki). — Hoyle 1886, p. 129, pi. xvii, figs. 1-5 ; pi. xviii, figs. 

 1-6. — Ortmann 1888, p. 649 (Tokyo Bay). — Joubin 1897, p. 

 102 (Local. ?). — Pilsbry 1895, p. 2 (Yokohama). — Hedley 

 1906, p. 463 (Queensland). — Berry 1912a, p. 418 (Tokyo). 



List of specimens examined. 



No. 



Specimens 



Mantle-length 



Locality 



Date 



Where pre- 

 served. 



i 





130 mm in largest 

 125 mm in largest Jg. 



Tòkyo market 



Sept. 1S85 



Sci. Coll. 



ii 



I* 



159 mm 



Miyazu, Tango 





do 



iii 



l# 



1 10 mm 



Tomo, Bingo 





Fish. Bur. 



iv 



I juv. 





Amakusa, Higo 





Imp. Mus. 



V 



I juv. 





Tosa 





do 



vi 







Haueda, Musashi 





do 



vii 





100 mm 



Gokashô, Ise 



July 1 9 10 



Agr. Coll. 



viii 





9 mm 



Misaki 





do 



ix 







Himi, Etchû 



May 9. 1913 



do 



There exist individual variations in the shape of shells, these in 

 some cases being broader, the median furrow on its ventral surface 

 shallower, and the locular index smaller, than in others. 



