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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, which 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 
membrane 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 sub triangular. The club occupies more 
than one-third of the length, and has a protective membrane at 
either side of the suckers and a distinct web on the outer aspect. 
The large central suckers are 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 diminish- 
ing 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 Gladius has not been removed. 
Hob. Philippine Islands (Station 203), 20 fathoms. Two 
specimens, juv. 
Loligo kobiensis , Hoyle. 
Loligo tcobiensis, Hoyle, Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 5, vol. xvi. p. 
184, 1885. 
The Body is elongated, cylindrical in the anterior moiety, then 
tapering posteriorly, and terminating in a blunt point. The fin is 
more than half the length of the body, trapezoidal, with rounded 
lateral angles ; the extreme breadth is less than the length and is 
