NOTES ON THE JAPANESE MYOPSIDA. 



613 



Only a shell of this species came under my observation. It was 

 collected by Mr. K. Aoki in the neighbourhood of Misaki, May, 1899. 

 Length about 420 mm ; the surface beset with groups of Lepas. 



30. Sepia myrsus Gray 1849. 



Sepia myrsus, Gray 1849, p. 108 (China). — Hoyle 1886, p. 219 



(Japanese region). 

 This species has been mentioned with doubt by Hoyle (1886) in 

 his list of the Japanese Cephalopod fauna. 



Subgenus DORATOSEPION (de Rochebrune 1884). 



31. Sepia (Doratosepion) andreana Steenstrup 1875. 



Local name : Hari-ika (Chôshi, Shimo-osa). 



Sepia andreana, Steenstrup 1875, p. 474, pi. i, figs. 11-19 (Japan). 



■ — Tryon 1879, p. 193, pi. Ixxxix, fig. 408 ; pi. xc, figs. 409, 



410. — Wülker 1910, pp. 19, 22, 24. 

 Doratosepion andreana, de Rochebrune 1884, p. 96. 

 Sepia (Doratosepion) andreatia, Berry 1912a, p. 422. 

 List of species examined. 



Specimens 



Mantle-length 



Locality 



Date 



Where preserved 





95 mm in 

 largest one 



Awa 



April 20, 1906 



Sci. Coll. 





88 mm 



Hakodate ?, Hokkaido 





Agr. Coll. 



is? 





Chôshi, Shimo-osa 





Imp. Mus. 



Arms of the second pair in ,the males are considerably thicker 

 than are represented by Steenstrup in his figure (1875, pl. I, fig. 11). 



