39 3. A new Sepiolid from Japan. By S. S. Berrj^, Stanford University, California. (With 1 fig.) eing-eg. 19. Oktober 1910. Among some miscellaneous material in the zoological museum of Stanford University was found a single specimen of a remarkable squid belonging to the genus Stoloteidhis. As the species seems to be unde-scribed the following diagnosis is offered. Stoloteuthis nippmiensis n. sp. Body of moderate size, compact, short, plump, sepioliform, rounded behind. Mantle attached to the head dorsally by a rather narrow commissure (4,5 mm); free below and produced forward beneath the head, its edge sinuous and slightly emarginate in front so as to expose the extreme tip of the funnel; fun-nel otherwise entirely hidden. Fins large, semicircular or better semi-cordate, the forward lobe extending from the anterior base of attach-ment as far as the mantle margin ; posterior lobe scarcely developed; nearly median in position, the plane of attachment nearly level with the dorsal surface of the mantle. Head very large, as broad as the body , flattened above, excavated beneath. Eyes large, with rather large openings; the right lid ap-pears to be free all round, the left eye has only the lower lid free. Funnel rather small, flexed upward so that it lies closely in the hol-lowed under surface of the head. The locking apparatus consists of a slightly curved groove with a raised and reflexed edge situated quite far back on either side of the funnel and articulating with a corre-sponding ridge on the inner surface of the mantle ; the ridge is also curved, rather heavy, and notably longer than the groove. Arms stout, thick, fleshy, and rather short, the order of length 2,
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