lT-4 ANCISTROCHEIRUS, VERANIA. 



order of length 3, = 2, 1, = 4, armed with a double series of 

 hooks and suckers at the ends ; tentacles somewhat longer, with 

 a double series of suckers and hooks ; the outer surface with a 

 single series of distant, small tubercles. 



Messina. 



Ditters from E. Morrisii in the relative lengths of the arms. 



E. Kamtschatioa, Middendorff. PL t7, figs. 333-335. 



Body conical, pointed behind ; fins rhomboidal, long-pointed 

 behind, one-third the length of the body ; arms quadrangular, 

 half the length of the body ; the lower pair with a quadruple 

 series of suckers onlj^, the upper ones with two rows of hooks 

 and an outer row of suckers on either side ; tentacles as long as 

 the body, the clubs thickly covered with suckers, and with two 

 large central hooks. Shell linear, slightly winged, with a mod- 

 erate central groove, and a small terminal cone. 



Length of body and head, 11 inches; of shell, 9'5 inches. 



Kurile Isles. 

 Subgenus Ancistrocheirus, Gray. 



Fins occupying nearly the whole length of the sides of the 

 back, 



E. Lesueurii, Fer. and Orb. PI. 71, figs. 330, 331. 



Body elongated, acuminate behind, with regularly disposed 

 ventral tubercles ; fins triangular, occupying nearly the whole 

 length of the sides of the back ; sessile arms very large, long, 

 rounded externally, hooks in two indistinct alternate lines, no 

 suckers ; tentacles long, moderate, hooks elongated. Shell 

 narrow, lanceolate, with a broad central groove. 



Indian Ocean. 

 Genus VERANIA, Krohn. 



This name is preferred to the prior one of Octopodoteuthis^ 

 because the latter is liable to mislead, being very inappropriate 

 for a decapod. Only one species known. The generic character 

 is rather unimportant. 



V. SicuLA, Riippell and Krohn. PI. 77, figs. 336, 337. 



Sessile arms rounded externally, third pair rather the longest ; 

 fins rounded, about three-fourths the length of the body, con- 



