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Type. — Zoological Museum, Copenhagen. 



Type locality. — Amboina Bay, coast of Sawrude. 



Discussion. — This interesting species^has been entirely neglected 

 since Grimpe mentioned it in 1931. It is closely related to A. stein- 

 dachneri from the Red Sea and A. lucens described above. It is, 

 however, easily distinguished from these by the accessory rows of 

 light organs on the base of arm IV and other features mentioned above. 



The validity of the name spdrcki needs some explanation. It is 

 given by Grimpe (1931, footnote, p. 150) in his paper describing 

 Abralia renschi. It is there listed with the three members of his 

 "typischen Species des Gattung (Abralia J. E. Gray s. str.; hierher: 

 A. armata Quoy and Gaimard, 1832 [Stiicke des Mus. Kopenhagen!], 

 A. muliihamata Sasaki, 1929, A. sparcki mihi in edit.)"; spdrcki is 

 characterized, according to Grimpe, by the possession of five or six 

 hooks on the club and by the general shape of the body. Though this 

 description m itself is probably not sufficient, I believe that it does 

 satisfy the requirements for availability. Fortunately, the tjrpe was 

 carefully labeled and was maintained in the collections of the Zoolog- 

 ical Museum in Copenhagen. It gives me great pleasure to be able 

 to describe in detail this species erected by Grimpe, whose detailed 

 studies of this group have contributed to a fuller understanding of 

 their morphology and relationships. 



Distribution. — Sawrude Island, Amboina (Grimpe) ; Bagacay Bay, 

 Escarpada Id., Naranjon, between Samar and Masbate, Philippines! 



Family Octopodoteuthidae 



Octopoteuthis sicula Ruppell, 1844 



Octopoteuthis sicula Ruppell, 1844, p. 135. 

 OctopodoteiUhis sicula Sasaki, 1929, p. 256. 



Material. — 1 specimen, macerated, from Sta. D5405, off Ponson 

 Id., near Leyte, in 500 m., hard bottom. Mar. 17, 1909; USNM 

 574882. 



A single specimen of this species was contained in the National 

 Museum collections; it was identified by the author some years ago 

 when working over part of the collections in Washington. The 

 specimen is now completely macerated and descriptions based on it 

 are impossible. 



This is a well-known species; students of Philippine cephalopods 

 will find a description in several works, including Sasaki's monograph 

 (1929, p. 256, pi. 21, figs. 17-19; text fig. 125). 



Type. — Not traced. 



Type locality. — ^Messina. 



