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U.S. NATIONAL MUSEUM BULLETIN 234 



Measurements and indices of one male and seven females of 

 UroUuthis bartschi Rehder are: 



Type. — U.S. National Museum. 



Type Locality. — Jolo Harbor, Jolo, Philippines. 



Discussion. — Rehder (1945) described this species in full and pro- 

 posed the generic name Uroteuthis to distinguish it from the species 

 pertaining to Alloteuthis which occur iu the Mediterranean and eastern 

 Atlantic. Adam (1954) discussed the problem of the relationships of 

 this species and, no new material being present, I feel that I can add 

 nothing here. 



Distribution. — Flores Straits (Adam); Jolo, Philippines (Rehder). 



Suborder Oegopsida 

 Family Enoploteuthidae: Subfamily ALraliinae 



Abralia (Abralia) armata (Quoy and Gaimard) 1832) 



Figures 18 and 19 



Onychoteuthis armata Quoy and Gaimard, 1832, p. 84, pi. 5, figs. 14-22. 

 Enoploteuthis armata, d'Orbigny, 1848, p. 340, pi. 9, figs. 2-6, pi. 14, figs. 11-14. 

 Abralia armata, Gray, 1849, p. 50.— Pfeflfer, 1908, p. 290; 1912, p. 167, 763. 



Material: 2 cf cf, ML 27.0-29.0 mm., 8 99, ML 21.0-29.5 from 

 "Ostasien, Suenson, leg. Grimpe determ. 1931." 



This interesting and taxonomically important species has not been 

 recorded in the literature smce Quoy and Gaimard originally described 

 and illustrated it from the voyage of the Astrolabe. The original 

 description is very brief and does not deal with the presently recognized 

 taxonomic characters and the illustrations are apparently rather 

 crudely executed. Taxonomically, the two most important features 

 were (a) the absence of terminal light organs on the 4th arms, hence 

 setting it apart from Abraliopsis and (b) the suckers of the hand part 

 of the tentacular club in a single row at the base of the six hooks. 

 This latter character has been the cause of much subsequent discus- 



