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He moreover says that a// the arms were covered with large suckers, 
Jrom the base outward. Wence it is probable that he made a mistake 
as to these stumps, and that they really belonged to a pair of sessile 
arms. Probably the tentacular-arms, when extended, had been cut 
off so close to their contractile bases that their stumps had afterwards 
become contracted within their basal pouches, and were, therefore, 
overlooked. He adds that the body was three feet broad (doubtless 
it was much flattened from its natural form), and that the measure- 
ments were made while the body lay upon uneven ground, so that its 
exact length could not be easily ascertained, and that the candal-fin 
had been cut off at its base. As the tail-fins of Nos. 5 and 14 were 
about one-fifth the length of the rest of the body and the head 
together, this specimen, if belonging to either of those species, should 
have been about 12 feet from the base of the arms to the tip of the 
tail. : 
The large sucker, in my possession, is one inch in diameter, across 
the denticulated rim, and in form and structure agrees closely with 
those described and figured by me from the tentacular-arms of Nos. 
4,5 and 14, (Plate XVI, figs. 3, 5, 6, and Plate XVII, figures 1, 1*). 
The jaws are still attached together, in their natural position, by 
the cartilages. They agree very closely in form with the large jaws 
of Architeuthis princeps V. (No. 10), figured on Plate XVIII, but 
they are about one-tenth smaller. 
No. 14.—Catalina specimen, 1877. (Architeuthis princeps.) 
PuaTe XVII, Figs. 1-5. Pate XIX. Puare XX. 
A nearly perfect specimen of a large squid, was found cast ashore 
after a severe gale, at Catalina, Trinity Bay, Newfoundland, Sept. 24, 
1877. It was living when found. It was exhibited for two or three 
days at St. John’s, and subsequently was carried in brine to New 
York, where it was purchased by Reiche & Brother for the New York 
Aquarium. There I had an opportunity to examine it, very soon after 
its arrival.* Tam also indebted to the proprietors of the aquarium 
for some of the loose suckers. Other suckers from this specimen were 
sent to me from Newfoundland, by the Rev. M. Harvey. Although 
* See American Journal of Science and Arts, vol. xiv, p. 425, Nov., 1877. When 
examined by me it was loose in a tank of alcohol. Dr. J. B. Holder gave me valuable 
assistance in making this examination, and also made one of the drawings of the 
caudal fin. It was afterwards “ prepared” for exhibition by a taxidermist, who mis- 
placed the arms, siphon, and other parts, and inserted two large, roun 
close together on the top of the head! 
