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Plate XXXVII. 
Figure 1.— Eossia Hyatti Verrill. Female; ventral view of the head and arms; en¬ 
larged 3 diameters. 
Figure 2.— Eossia sublevis Verrill. Female; ventral view of the head and arms; en¬ 
larged 3 diameters. 
Plate XXXVIII. 
Figure 1.— Stauroteuthis syrtensis Verrill. Dorsal view ; natural size. 
Figure 2.—The same. Lower side of head; s, siphon; e, eye; a, the auditory pore. 
Figure 3. —The same. The siphon, turned hack. 
Figures 4 and 5.—The same. Superior and inferior mandibles; enlarged 2f diameters. 
This plate was drawn by the author, from the alcoholic specimen, except figures 4 
and 5, which are by J. H. Emerton. 
Plate XXXIX. 
Figure 1.— Alloposus mollis Verrill. Young male; side view, showing the sac contain¬ 
ing the hectocotylized arm, cut open, so as to expose the partially developed arm; 
$ natural size. 
Figure la.—The same specimen. Hectocotylized arm removed from the sac; enlarged 
2 diameters. 
Figure 2.—The same. Young female; ventral view ; £ natural size. 
Figure 2a. —The same specimen. Dorsal view; | natural size. 
Plate XL. 
Figure 1.— Octopus piscatorum VerriU. Female; original type. Ventral view; J natu¬ 
ral size. 
Figure la.—The same specimen. Dorsal view. 
Figure 2.— Parasira catenulata Steenst. Female; front view ; | natural size. 
Figure 2 a. —The same specimen. Side view of body and head; \ natural size. 
Plate XLI. 
Figure 1.— Octopus Bairdii Verrill. Male ; ventral view ; natural size ; h, terminal 
spoon-shaped organ of the hectocotylized arm ; i, the groove along the lower side of 
the arm. 
Figure la.—The same specimen. Hectocotylized arm; enlarged 2 diameters. 
Figure 2.—The same. Male; figured in the act of swimming; dorsal view; a, termi¬ 
nal spoon of hectocotylized arm. From a living specimen ; nearly natural size. 
Figure 3.— Octopus Bairdii var. Verrill. Side view of a young male, enlarged about 
1 £ diameters. 
Figure 3a.—The same specimen. Terminal appendage of the hectocotylized arm ; 
more enlarged. 
Plate XLII. 
Figure 1.— Octopus Bairdii Verrill 
natural size. 
Figure 2.—The same. 
Figure 3.—The same. 
Figure 4.—The same. 
Figure 5.—The same. 
Male; dorsal view from a living specimen ; nearly 
Side view, from life ; nearly natural size. 
Jaws; s, superior; i, inferior mandibles; enlarged 2 diameters. 
Portion of odontophore ; enlarged 22 diameters. 
Spermatophores. A, one with the inner sac ($) partly extruded; 
i, the point from which the extension commences; enlarged 14 diameters; B, another 
spermatophore in its original condition; a, filament at large end; b, filament at 
small end. 
Figure 6.— Octopus obesus Verrill. Male ; original type. Basal portion of one of the 
lateral aims, to show the arrangement of suckers; enlarged 1J diameters. 
