[239] CEPHALOPODS OF NORTHEASTERN COAST OF AMERICA. 
Figure 6a.—The same. Terminal portion of the hectocotylized arm; enlarged 2 
diameters. 
Figure 7.—Alloposus mollis Verrill. Part of a large mutilated specimen. Portion of 
an arm, with suckers, from near the base: natural size. 
PLATE XLIII. 
Figure 1.—Octopus lentus Verrill. Female; original specimen. Ventral view; % natu- 
ral size. 
Figure 2.—The same specimen. Dorsal view; } natural size. 
PLATE XLIV. 
Figure 1.—Alloposus mollis Verrill. Anentire, detached, mature hectocotylized arm; 
£ natural size. 
Figure 2.—Octopus lentus Verrill. Side view of a male; enlarged about 14 diameters. 
Figure 3.—Eledone verrucosa Verrill. Side view of a male; ? natural size. 
Figure 3a.—The same specimen. Distal portion of the hectocotylized arm, to the edge 
of the basal web, showing the terminal appendage and the lateral groove. 
PLATE XLV. 
Figure 1.—Lestoteuthis Fabricii V. One of the tentacular arms; enlarged 2 diameters. 
Figure la.—The same. The larger claw; side view. 
“Figure 1b.—The same. Lateral arm; enlarged 2 diameters. 
Figures 1b’, 1b'’.—The same. One of the hooks; enlarged 4 diameters. 
Figure lc—The same. Portion of ventral arm; enlarged 2 diameters. 
Figure 1d.—The same. Pen, ventral view; a little less than natural size. 
Figure 2.—Desmoteuthis tenera V. General figure of male, dorsal view; natural size. 
Figure 2a.—The same. Teeth of odontophore; enlarged 22 diameters. 
Figure 2b.—The same. One of the larger suckers of the lateral arms; front view; en- 
larged 8 diameters. 
Figure 2c.—The same sucker; side view. 
Figure 2d.—Valve-like apparatus within base of siphon; larger than natural size; S, 
orifice of siphon ; m, median organ; i’, lateral papilla, and 7, medio-dorsal papilla; 
n, n’, lateral cushions, 
Figure 3.—Brachioteuthis Beanii Verrill. Dorsal view of the male; natural size. 
Figure 3a.—The same. Pen, ventral view; enlarged slightly. 
Figure 3b.—The same. Teeth of the radula; enlarged 22 diameters. 
Figure 4.—Desmoteuthis hyperborea. Side view of one of the large suckers of the 3d 
pair of arms; side view; enlarged 8 diameters. 
Figure 4a.—The same. Peculiar organs on the interior of the medio-dorsal side of 
the base of the siphon; enlarged 2 diameters ; i, median, i’, lateral papille. 
Figure 5.—Chiroteuthis lacertosa V. Young female. One of the suckers of the ten- 
tacular arms; front view; enlarged 22 diameters. 
. Figure 6.—Histioteuthis Collinsii. One of the larger suckers of the median rows of 
the tentacular club; side view ; enlarged 2 diameters. 
Figure 6a.—The same. One of the suckers of the sublateral rows of the tentacular 
club. 
PEATE xaVile 
Figure 1.—Chiroteuthis lacertosa Verrill. Dorsal view of the male; a little less than 
three-quarters natural size; ¢ a, stump of one of the tentacular arms, with a few 
of the sessile suckers remaining. 
Figure la.—The same. Ventral view of the pen; enlarged about 3 diameters. 
