184 Mr. W. E. Hoyle on the 



half the length of the body *, about as long as broad, and 

 with rounded lateral angles. The mantle-margin curves out 

 rapidly to a triangular process in the dorsal median line, for 

 the rest is almost transverse, except where it forms two obtuse- 

 angled processes, one at either side of the ventral margination. 



The Head is comparatively broad and with prominent 

 rounded eyes. The siphon is moderately large and of the 

 usual form. 



The Arms are unequal, the order of length being 3, 4, 2, 1, 

 and not quite one third as long as the body. The dorsal 

 have a distinct keel on the upper margin, the second are 

 keeled on the ventro-lateral aspect, the third are stout and 

 flattened and have a broad web on the outer aspect, whicli 

 unites with the web running up the dorso-lateral aspect of 

 the ventral arms. The suckers are in two series throughout, 

 with short peduncles, and not very oblique; their horny 

 rings bear nearly twenty distant blunt teeth. The hecto- 

 cotylus is not developed. The umbrella is absent. The 

 buccal me7nbrane has the usual seven points, each of which 

 bears a few suckers. The outer lip is thin, the inner thin 

 and papillate. 



The Tentacles are comparatively short, being not quite so 

 long as the body ; the stems are subtriangular. The club 

 occupies more than one third of the length, and has a pro- 

 tective membrane at either side of the suckers and a distinct 

 web on the outer aspect. The large central suckers are from 

 eight to ten in number, and nearly twice the diameter of the 

 lateral ones ; the proximal group consists of about ten, while 

 the distal portion bears four series of diminishing suckers. The 

 horny ring bears long, distant, bluntly pointed teeth, about 

 twenty-four in the largest suckers, proportionally fewer in 

 the smaller, which are much larger in the distal and external 

 portions of the ring respectively. 



The Surface is smooth. 



The Colour is pale yellowish, spotted with brownish- 

 purple and red chromatophores. 



The Oladius has not been removed. 



Hab. Philippine Islands (Station 203), 20 fathoms. Two 

 specimens, juv. 



Loligo kobiensis, n. sp. 

 The Body is elongated, cylindrical in the anterior moiety, 



* With respect to this and one or two other points in the description 

 it must be remembered that the specimens are immature. 



