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about half the length of the arms, and is nearly equal all around, 

 V)ut is, perhaps, a little broader between the dorsal arms. The 

 suckers are small, yellowish white, a little prominent, arranged rather 

 closely in a single median row. The largest ones are near the base 

 of the arms, about the fifth to the eighth from the base ; beyond 

 these they decrease regularly to the tips of the arms, where they be- 

 come small and close. The cirri are rather small, tapered, acute, 

 placed alternately with the suckers and not very far from them, the 

 interval being about equal to the diameter of the suckers ; they 

 commence between the fifth and sixth suckers, and apparently 

 continue to the tips of the arms, becoming gradually very small. 

 On each of the arms there are thickened muscular appendages, simi- 

 lar to those of the preceding species, but shorter and broader. They 

 arise from the posterior face of the arm, nearly at right angles, at the 

 point near where the interbrachial web joins (or becomes) the mar- 

 ginal membrane of the arm, and are closely united to the web, appar - 

 ently serving to strengthen it. Their length is about equal to the 

 breadth of the arm. 



The color, so far as preserved in alcohol, is deep chocolate-brown 

 on the inner surface of the arms and web, with a median band of 

 somewhat darker brown occupying the inner face of the arms. On 

 the upper surface of the web, head, and body the color is destroyed, 

 but it appears to have been brown. 



Length of longest arms, 66 to 70™"" ; breadth of arras near base, 

 7"""; breadth of head across eyes, 26'"'"; diameter of eyes, 14"""; 

 length of fins, ll""'" ; breadth, 6"™; length of arms from edge of 

 intermediate web, 35'"'" ; diameter of largest sucker, 1"^'" ; length of 

 cirri, 2'""^. 



Stauroteuthis syrtensis Veniu. 



Amer. Journ. Sci., xviii, p. 468, 1879, Trans. Conu. Acad., v, p. 382, pi. 32, figs 1 

 —5, 1881; vi, p. 249, 1883. 



A small specimen, apparently identical with this species, was taken 

 at station 2,180. In this the body is small, narrow, somewhat elon- 

 gated or ovate in form, while the arms are very much elongated, with 

 a very broad, loose web extending nearly to the end. The cirri are 

 very long and slender, thread-like. The suckers are rather small, lit- 

 tle elevated, and wide apart. The fins are relatively large, broadest 

 at the base, which is placed well forward, lanceolate in form, taper- 

 ing toward the end, Avhich is blunt. The eyes are moderately large. 



