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thick, and reddish inside as well as out. The suction-cups were all 
clustered together, near the extremity of the long arm, and each cup 
was surrounded by a serrated edge, almost like the teeth of a hand¬ 
saw. I presume it made use of this arm for a cable, and the cups for 
anchors, when it wanted to come to, as well as to secure its prey, for 
this individual, finding a heavy sea was driving it ashore, tail first, 
seized hold of a rock and moored itself quite safely until the men 
pulled it on shore.” 
Mr. Bennett, in a memorandum subsequently given to Mr. Sanderson 
Smith, and communicated to me by him, states that both the tentacu¬ 
lar arms were present, and that the shorter one was 41.5 feet in length. 
The large diameter of the short arms, compared with their length and 
with that of the long arms, and their shortness compared with the 
length of the body, are points in which this specimen apparently dif¬ 
fered essentially from those that have been preserved and are better 
known. It was probably a female. The total length, as I understand 
the measurements, was 52 feet. 
No. 4. —Bonavista Bay specimen. (Architeuihis Harveyi?) 
Plate III, figures 4, 4a. Plate IV, figures 1, la. 
A pair of jaws and two of the suckers from the tentacular arms were 
forwarded to me by Professor Baird, of the Smithsonian Institution. 
These were received from Bev. A. Munn, who writes that they were 
taken from a specimen that came ashore at Bonavista Bay, Newfound¬ 
land j that it measured 32 feet in length (probably the entire length, 
including the tentacular arms) and about 6 feet iu circumference. The 
jaws are large and broad, resembling those of No. 5 both in size and 
form, but much thinner than those of No. 1, and without the deep 
notch and angular lobe seen in that specimen. The suckers also agree 
with those of No. 5, but are a little smaller. 
No. 5.— Logie Bay specimen, 1873. (Architeuthis Harveyi , type.) 
Plate I. Plate II. Plate III. Plate IV, figures 4-11. Plate V, figures 1-5. 
A complete specimen was captured in November, 1873, at Logie Bay, 
about four miles from Saint John’s, Newfoundland. It became entangled 
in a herring-net, and made a desperate effort to escape. It was killed 
by the fishermen, with some difficulty, and only after a struggle, during 
which its head was badly mutilated and severed from the body, and the 
JByes, most of the siphon-tube, and part of the front edge of the mantle 
were destroyed. It is probable that this was a smaller specimen of the 
same species as No. 2. Fortunately, this specimen was secured by the 
Bev. M. Harvey, of Saint John’s. After it had been photographed and 
measured, he attempted to preserve it entire in brine, but this was 
found to be ineffectual, and after decomposition had begun to destroy 
some of the most perishable parts, he took it from the brine and, divid- 
