296 ANNUAL RECORD OF SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY. 



due to a high condition of health. 19 A, Novemher 9, 1873, 

 450. 



GIANT CUTTLE-FISH IN NEWFOUNDLAND. 



The Semi -Weekly Chronicle^ of St. John's, Newfoundland, 

 some time ago contained an account of the capture of a very- 

 large cuttle-fish, and in its issue of November 19, 1872, it no- 

 tices a second occurrence of a similar character. The animal 

 was found floating on the water in Witless Bay, Newfound- 

 land, by several men who were out fishing, and who succeed- 

 ed in cutting off one of the arms. This was twenty -sevi en feet 

 in length, while the body also was said to be about tvDenty- 

 seven feet long, and as large round as a pork barrel. St. 

 Johi'Cs Chronicle^ November 19, 1872. 



ALLMAN ON TUBULARIAN IIYDROIDS. 



The second and concluding portion of the important work 

 of Dr. Allman {A Monograi^li of the Gymnoblastic or Tahu- 

 larian Hydroids) has lately been published by the Ray So- 

 ciety. The first part, which appeared in 1871, was devoted 

 to the consideration of the relations, morphology, develop- 

 ment, and physiology of the hydroids in general. The sec- 

 ond part contains descriptions of the genera and species of 

 the Qymnohlastea^ and their systematic relations inter se. 



The author has especially insisted on the necessity of tak- 

 ing all the stages of growth of the hydroids into considera- 

 tion in the appreciation and perfection of the natural classi- 

 fication of those animals. " With the possible exception of 

 the 3Io?iopsea, in which no hydriform trojyhosoine exists, the 

 individual hydroid can only be understood by regarding it 

 as the product of two factors, one of them finding its expres- 

 sion in the tro2)hosome (a sexual or nutritive form), and the 

 other in the gonosome (sexual form) ; and whether the gono- 

 some remains permanently attached to the trophosome^ or be- 

 comes in whole or in part free, attaining thereby an independ- 

 ent existence, it is equally necessary that it should take its 

 place in our diagnoses of families, genera, and species." 



The terms trophosome and gonosome express the association 

 of the hydroids {hydrosoma) at different stages of develop- 

 ment. With the exception of the one doubtful case referred 



