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NOTES. 



Suckers from the Big Squid. — On visiting Provincetown in 

 August I made inquiries regarding the Giant Squid taken the last 

 of March, 1909, off Highland, Truro, Mass., and mentioned in The 

 Nautilus for July, 1909. I was unfortunate in not securing the 

 beaks which had been thrown away, but I saw the 7^ foot tentacle, 

 which was preserved in dry salt. I obtained the cartilage of one of 

 the suckers, and, with permission from the owner, cut off one of the 

 suckers about mid way on the tentacle. As this is the only speci- 

 men taken in Massachusetts I have thought it might be of sufficient 

 interest to the readers of The Nautilus for me to give sketches to 

 show the shape of this cartilage and the curious arrangement of the 

 serration of the margin. 



Figs. 1, 2, 3, 4 are different views of the cartilage of one speci- 

 men, while Figs. 5 and 6 are the views of a sucker cut from the 

 middle of the tentacle. All figures are magnified twice. 



The tentacle is now in the possession of a gentleman in Province- 

 town, Mass J. Henry Blake. 



HoMALOGTRA ATOMUS IN Rhode Island In a recent number 



of the Nautilus I mentioned the discovery of Homalogyra atomus 

 on the New England coast at Hampton, N. H. It was first disco vs 

 ered by Philippi in Sicily; since then it has been found in other 

 parts of the Mediterranean, Norway, England and France, but this 

 is the first time it has been recorded on this side of the Atlantic. 

 Miss M. W. Brooks has lately found this species in shell sand, from 



