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of Edinburgh, Session 1884-85. 
kedocotylus is present on the left ventral arm ; the distal suckers 
of the ventral series only are modified into conical papillae, 
some of which hear a minute sucker at their tips.* The umbrella is 
absent; the buccal membrane is well developed, has the usual seven 
points, each of which hears a few small suckers (occasionally only 
one). The outer lip is thick, thicker than the inner ; both are cut 
up into papillae along the edge. 
The Tentacles are as long as the head and body together, and 
have very slender, almost cylindrical stems ; the club occupies about 
one fourth of the whole length, and is but slightly expanded. The 
large central suckers are about eight in number and fully twice the 
diameter of the lateral ones ; proximally to them are about half a 
dozen suckers of different sizes, and beyond them a large number of 
diminishing ones arranged in four series and occupying nearly half 
the length of the club. The horny ring in the largest suckers hears 
about twenty-five square teeth ; in the lateral suckers it hears more 
than twenty close-set acutely-pointed teeth, and in the distal ones 
about the same number of similar character. 
The Surface is smooth. 
The Colour is pale, with purplish chromatophores. 
The Gladius is of quite typical form, expanded behind, and about 
six times as long as broad ; the narrow anterior extremity occupies 
less than one-third the total length. 
Hab. Japan ; purchased in the market at Yokohama. One 
specimen, 9- 
Sepia, Linnd 
Sepia esculenta , Hoyle. 
Sepia esculenta , Hoyle, Ann. and Maq. Nat. Hist. , ser. 5, vol. xvi. p. 
188, 1885. 
The Body is broad, stout, and semielliptical posteriorly. The fins 
are about one fourth of the body in breadth and commence within 6 
millim. of the anterior margin, and end within 5 millim. of each 
other ; the mantle-margin is produced far over the head dorsally, and 
evenly truncated below. The siphon just reaches the gap between 
the ventral arms. 
The Head is broad and the eyes laterally prominent. 
* The description of the hectocotylus is taken from a specimen in the 
Copenhagen Museum. 
