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an oblique, strongly denticulated ring, which, in all the suckers figured, 
including both larger and smaller ones from the short arms, has regular, 
acute, subequal denticles all around the circumference, in this respect 
agreeing with A. Harveyi. The internal diameter of the largest of these 
suckers is .75 of an inch; the external 1.05 inches. They were furnished 
with slender pedicels, attached obliquely on one side. The lingual teeth 
(see Plate XII, fig. lc, copied from Harting) are in seven regular 
rows, and resemble closely those of Loligo. On that account mainly, in 
a former paper, I proposed to designate it by the name of Loligo Hart¬ 
ingii. But since that time I have been able to study the dentition of the 
species of Architeutliis and Sthenoteuthis , and now refer Ilarting’s spe¬ 
cies to Architeutliis , without hesitation, although the dentition is poorly 
figured. Professor Steenstrup, in a letter to me subsequent to the pub¬ 
lication of my former papers, also expressed the opinion that Ilarting’s 
specimen belongs to A. monachus. If distinct, however, as is possible, 
it may be called Architeutliis Hartingii. 
The other species described by Harting was from the Indian Ocean, 
and belongs to the genus Enoploteuthis (Plate XII, fig. 4, jaws). 
In this genus there are large, sharp, curved claws (see Plate XV, figs. 
5, a, &), both on the club of the tentacular arms and on the sessile arms, 
in place of the suckers of ordinary squids. The teeth of the odonto- 
phore, iu Harting’s species, are remarkably small and simple (see fig. 
5, c, d, after Harting). As this species does not appear to have had a 
special name, I propose to call it Enoploteuthis Hartingii. 
D’Orbigny* gave the name Enoploteuthis Molince to a large species, of 
which the body was estimated to be about 4 feet long, found floating 
and mutilated in the South Pacific, south latitude 30° 44', west longitude 
110° 33', by Banks and Solander, in 1709, on Captain Cook’s second 
voyage. Of this, fragments are preserved iu the Museum of the College 
of Surgeons, London.! 
A similar species, perhaps based on the same specimen, was recorded 
by Molina, from off the coast of Chili, as Seppia unguiculata. 
Lieutenant Bouyer, of the French steamer “ Alecton,” encountered a 
huge Cephalopod, in November, 1800, between Madeira and Teneriffe. 
Its body was estimated to be between 15 and 18 feet in length. A long 
and laborious attempt was made to capture it, and a slip-noose was 
passed around the body, but on attempting to hoist it on board, the rope 
cut through the soft flesh and the tail alone was secured. A sketch of 
the animal was made by one of the officers. 
The original account of this occurrence, given in the Comptes-Bendus 
of the French Academy of Science for 1801, is as follows: 
M. Flourens read the following report made to the minister of the 
marine by M. Bouyer, lieutenant commanding the “ Alec ton. 
* Histoire Nat. des C€phalopodes Aedtabuliferes, p. 339, 1845. 
t See also Todd’s Cyclopedia of Anatomy and Physiology, i, p. 529. 
t Comptes-Rendns Acad, of Sciences, vol. liii, p. 12G3. For'the following transla¬ 
tions I am indebted to Mr. Sanderson Smith. 
