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other two. At the very tip of the club there is a round cluster of small, 
smooth suckers, as in Architeuthis. The buccal mass is 52 mm in length 
and 42 mm in diameter. A thick buccal membrane, covered with low, ir¬ 
regular verrucse, surrounds the jaws. The jaws are sharp and strong; 
their exposed portions ai;e black, the aim reddish brown. The beak of 
the upper jaw is long, strongly incurved, acute, its cutting edge regu¬ 
larly curved, with a deep notch at its base, from which a well-defined 
groove runs downward. The lower jaw is sharp, its cutting edge is 
most concave liear the tip, below which it is nearly straight; sides 
covered with fine radiating lines; basal notch broad, shallow, angular; 
beyond the notch there is a broad, low, angular tooth. The surface of 
the fleshy palate is covered with low, rounded verruca*. The odonto- 
phore is broad, with sharp, pale amber-colored teeth, which agree well 
with those of the original specimen (Plate XYI, figs. 3-7); outside 
of the lateral teeth there is a narrow, raised, chitinous ridge, apparently 
not divisible into plates. 
Another specimen, consisting of the buccal mass and jaws, but with¬ 
out the odontophore, was presented to the United States Fish Commis¬ 
sion (lot 797) by Capt. Charles Anderson and crew of the schooner 
u Alice G. Wunson,” of Gloucester, Mass. 
The jaws of this were slightly larger than in the one just described. 
They agree well in nearly every respect, but the notch at the base of 
the lower mandible is narrower and the tooth beyond it broad and 
rounded. 
Measurements of jaws (in millimeters). 
Number of lot. 
810. 
797. 
12 
13 
9 
10 
38 
41 
11 
13 
11 
14 
25 
31 
36 
15 
15 
5.5 
The fifth specimen, received in lot 879, October, 1880, consists of two 
of the sessile arms, but the suckers have lost their horny rings, so that 
the identification cannot be very positive. The largest arm, which is 
not quite entire, is 255 mm long, and 23 mm in diameter at the larger end. 
It was taken from the stomach of a cod, on the Grand Banks, and pre¬ 
sented to the United States Fish Commission by the captain and crew 
of the schooner “ Otis P. Lord.” 
Specimens examined. 
Lot. 
Locality. 
Fathoms. 
When re¬ 
ceived. 
Name of vessel. 
Received from. 
Specimens.' 
Cape Sable, N. S... 
Sable Island Bank. 
Halifax Mus’m 
1, entire. 
280-300. 
Sept., 1878 
A. H. Johnson. 
U. S. Fish Com. 
1, jaws, &c. 
810 
797 
George’s Bank .... 
East slope G.’s B.. 
Cod stomach. 
_do. 
Au"- 1880 
1, jaws and arm. 
1,'jaws. 
Aug.i 1880 
Al.G. Wnnson. 
_do. 
879 
Grand Banks. 
_do. 
Oct., 1880 
Otis P. Lord... 
_do. 
1, arms. 
