62 Moll. 
MOLLUSCA. 
Sepiakii. 
Sepia Zanzibarica^ S. venusta, Zanzibar, S. pagenstecheri, Hong Kong. 
S. singaporensis , Singapore, S. polynesica, South Sea, Spp. nn, Pfeffer, 
(288) pp. 10-12, figs. 11-15. S. esculenta, S. andreanoides, S. Jcobiensis, 
Japan, S. elliptica , S. srnitJii, S. sulcata , S. Jciensis , S. papuensis , South of 
Papua, spp. nn., S. cultrata , Streenstrup, MS., off Australia; Hoyle, (187) 
pp. 188 & 189, and (189) pp. 291-304. 
Metasepia , subg. n. Characterized mainly by rhomboidal shell, whose 
dorsal surface is uncovered by calcareous deposit. For S. (M.) pfefferi ) 
sp. n. ; id. (187) p. 199, and (189) pp. 304-306. 
Sepiella curt a , S. ocellata , Java, S. ovata , S. obtusata, hab. ?, spp. nn., 
Pfeffer, (288) pp. 13-16, figs. 16-19. 
Loliginei, 
Sepioteuthis ehrhardti , Barbados, S. neoguinaica , New Guinea, spp. nn., 
Pfeffer, (288) pp. 1 & 2, figs. 1 & 2. 
Loligo indica , Java, L. brevipinnis (name preocc., = L. pfefferi, Hoyle, 
1886), Ellice Is., L. spectrum , Marquesas Is., spp. nn., id. t. c. pp. 2-6, 
figs. 3-5. L. ellipsura, Patagonia, L. gcdathece, Steenstrup, MS., Philip¬ 
pines, L. Jcobiensis , L. edulis , L. japonica , Stp., MS., Japan, spp. nn., 
Hoyle, (187) pp. 182-188, and (189) pp. 285-291. L.forbesii , Stp., rede¬ 
fined and compared with L. vulgaris ; Hoyle (185). L. sagittata (? Om¬ 
mastrephes sp.— Rec.) and Octopus (;minimus ?) recorded among phos¬ 
phorescent Mollusca ; Giglioli & Issel, (138) p. 109. 
Squids most abundant in early part of year ; Southwick, Bull. U, S. 
Fish Comm. v. p. 358. 
(EGOPSIDA, 
Ommastrephini. 
Xiphoteuthis ( Ommastrephes ) ensifer , Owen, = ? Ommatostrephes ptero - 
pus, Stp., Loligo brongniartii , Blv., and Loligo todaropterus , d. Ch.; 
Steenstrup (346). 
Ommastrephes bartramii , and probably most large oceanic Cephalopods, 
feed chiefly on small Crustacea , &c., like other large pelagic creatures ; 
'id. t. c. 
Bathyteuthis, g. n. Body subcylindrical, bluntly pointed behind, where 
are two small rounded fins ; head broad, eyes prominent ; buccal mem¬ 
brane with suckers ; arms short, suckers in two series ; tentacles slender, 
tapering. Type, B. abyssicola , Southern Ocean, 1600 fath. ; Hoyle, (190) 
p. 272, fig. 108, and (189) pp. 308-310, fig. 2. 
Benthoteuthis megalops , g. & sp. nn., off Martha’s Vineyard, U.S.A., 
600-1000 fath.; Verrill, (367) pp. 401-403, pi. xliv. fig. 1 [ Benthoteuthis — 
Bathyteuthis. In the Zool. Jahresber. for 1885, p. 72, this genus is 
erroneously referred to the Onychoteuthidce. — Rec.] 
Dosiclicus steenstrupii , sp. n., hab. ? ; Pfeffer, (288) p. 20, fig. 27. 
