[29] CEPHALOPODS OF NORTHEASTERN COAST OF AMERICA. 
ers. Here the arm is flattened on the face, rounded on the back, and 
provided with a sharp dorsal carina, increasing in width toward the tip. 
It bears two alternating rows of about twelve very large, serrated suck- 
ers, and an outer row of smaller ones, on each side, alternating with the 
large ones. The upper .edge is bordered by a rather broad, regularly 
scalloped, marginal membrane, the scallops corresponding to the large 
suckers, while prominent transverse ridges, midway between the large 
suckers, join the membrane and form its lobes. On the lower edge 
there is a narrower and thinner membrane, which runs all the way to 
the tip of the arm. In one (the lower) of the rows of large suckers there 
are eleven, and in the other ten, above 20"" in diameter. The former row 
has one additional sucker at its proximal end, 15™ in diameter, and 
three others at its distal end, respectively 16"", 12", and 8"” in diameter. 
The other row, of ten suckers, is continued by a proximal sucker 10™ in 
diameter, and by two distal ones, respectively 15"" and 13°" in diameter. 
The number of large suckers in each row may, therefore, be counted 
as 12, 13, or 14, according to the fancy of the describer, there being no 
well-defined distinction between the larger and smaller ones in either 
row. The largest suckers, along the middle of the rows, are from 24"" 
- to 30" in diameter (Plate IV, fig. 4, a). They are attached by slender but 
strong pedicels, about 10™" long and 6™™ to 7" in diameter. The outer 
or back side of these suckers is 16"" to 18" high; the inner side 10" to 
11", so that the rim is about 24"" to 28" above the surface of the arm. 
The horny rings are 7™ to 8" high and have the aperture 20™ to 23"" in 
diameter. Hach one is situated in the center of a pentagonal depressed 
area, about 25"" across, bounded by ridges, which alternate regularly 
and interlock on the two sides, so as to form a zigzag line along the mid- 
dle of the arm. These large suckers are broadly and obliquely campan- 
ulate, but much less oblique than those of the short arms; the marginal 
ring is strong, and sharply serrate all around; the denticles are acute- 
triangular and nearly equal. The rings are somewhat calcified and 
rather rigid when dried; a well-marked broad groove runs around the 
entire circumference, below the bases of the denticles. 
The small marginal suckers (fig. 4, b) are similar in structure, but much 
more oblique, and mostly 9" to 11"" in diameter; they are attached by 
much longer and more slender pedicels, and their marginal teeth are 
relatively longer, sharper, and more incurved, especially on the outer 
margin. The peripheral groove is broad and deep, but is interrupted on 
the outer side for about a third of the circumference; the outer third 
portion of the horny ring is somewhat flattened from the circular form. 
The terminal division (iii to iv) of the armis 22.8long. It gradually be- 
comes compressed laterally, and tapers regularly to the tip, which is flat, 
blunt, and slightly incurved. Just beyond the large suckers, where this 
region begins, the circumference is 9". The face is narrow and bears a 
large number of small pediceled suckers (Plate IV, figs. 10, 10 a), ar- 
ranged in four regular, alternating rows, gradually diminishing in size 
