PLATE 2 
EXPLANATION OF FIGURES 
5 Afemale at rest with the egg string beginning to protrude. Drawn from 
memory and hurried sketches after many observations. 
6 <A female after she starts to swim, reaching for the egg string with her dorsal 
arms. With these arms she draws the string between the circle of arms as it is 
ejected from the funnel. Drawn from memory after many observations. 
7 A swimming female, showing the positions of the arms while they surround 
the egg string. They are held in this position, with the tips somewhat twisted to- 
gether, for two or three minutes. While the arms closely surround the egg string 
they show slight individual movements that may be of service in moving the egg 
string so sperm will be more evenly distributed over it. Drawn from memory 
after many observations. 
8 A female squid with the mantle cut and spread open and the arms separated 
to show the position of attached sperm reservoirs (s) on the oviduct (0) and the 
sperm receptacle (sv) in the outer buccal membrane. 
