[201] CEPIIALOPODS OF NORTHEASTERN COAST OF AMERICA. 
I have heard of but one authentic instance* of the occurrence of speci¬ 
mens of this genus at Newfoundland, since the finding of the small 
specimen (No. 24), in April, 1880. (See pp. [18], [34-40].) 
The latest specimen (No. 27) was taken at Portugal Cove, Newfound¬ 
land, November 10, 1881. According to a description in the New York 
Herald, of November 25th, this specimen was nearly perfect, and had 
been shipped to New York, packed in ice. The following measure¬ 
ments of the fresh specimen were given on the authority of Inspector 
Murphy, chief of the Board of Public Works Department: Length of 
body, 5.5 feet; length of the head, 1.25 feet; total length, to end of ten¬ 
tacular arms, 28 feet; circumference of body, 4.5 feet; breadth of cau¬ 
dal fin, about 1.25 feet. A photograph of this example was made by 
Mr. E. Lyons, of St. Johns. This specimen is considerably smaller than 
the Logie Bay specimen (No. 5), but if in as good preservation as stated, 
it will, when it can be studied, give an opportunity to complete the de¬ 
scription of the head, eyes, and certain other parts that have not been 
seen in good condition in any of the previous specimens. 
STHENOTEUTHIS Verrill, 1880. (Seep. [99].) 
Ommatostrephes Steenstrup, Overigt K. D. Vidensk. Selsk. Fork., p. 89, Aug., 1880; 
the same, March, 1881. 
Xiphoteuthis (subgenus) Owen, op. cit., p. 104, pi. 28, figs. 1, 2, June, 1881 ( non Huxley). 
This generic group has been discussed by Professor Steenstrup in two 
recent papers,! published during the printing of this report. In the 
first paper quoted,! Professor Steenstrup gives figures (cuts) which, with 
the descriptive remarks, will hereafter enable others to identify his Om¬ 
matostrephes pteropus with more certainty. He has given diagramatic 
cuts of the base of the tentacular clubs, shoving the arrangement of the 
connective suckers and tubercles of O. pteropus , O. Bartramii , O. gigas , 
O. pelagicus, O. oualaniensis , and Dosidicus EschrlcMU (p. 11), and cuts 
(p. 9), showing the siphonal grooves of O. pteropus , O. Bartramii , O. 
pacificus , Todarodes sagittatus ( = u O. todarus ”), and I Ilex Coindetii ( = u O. 
sagittatus auth.). On pp. 19 and 20 he has given a synoptical table of 
the several genera that he recognizes in this group, which lie names, Om- 
matostephini ( = Ommastrephidw Gill, Tryon, Verrill). On plate 3, he fig¬ 
ures u I Ilex Coindetii female, with the gill-cavity opened, showing a 
*A purely fictitious and sensational account of an imaginary capture of an Arcki- 
teuthis has been published in Lippiucott’s Magazine, for Aug., 1881, p. 124, by Mr. 
Charles F. Holder. 
t De Ommatostrephagtige Blicksprutter indbyrdes Forhold. <[Oversigt K. D. Vi¬ 
densk. Selsk. Forhandl., 1880. Presented April, 1880. [Author’s edition received 
Aug., 1880.] 
Professor A. IT Verrils [sic] to nye Cephalopodshegter, Sthenoteuthis og Lestoteuthis. 
Bemserkninger og Berigtigelser, 1 pi. [“avec unrfeum6 en Francais,” not received]. 
From the same, 1881. Advance copy, received by me, through the kindness of the 
author, is dated, in MSS, March 3, 1881. 
t The part of this paper relating to the nomenclature of the genus Ommastrephes (Illex 
Steenst.) has already been discussed on pp. [82], [83]. 
