A, EF. Verrili— North American Cephalopods. 227 
of mantle to base of arms, 12°7°™ (5 inches) ; length of long tentacular- 
arms, 55°8 and 60°9™ (22 and 24 inches) respectively; of first (dorsal) 
pair of arms, 16°5°™ (6°5 inches); of second pair, 20°3°™ (8 inches) ; 
of third pair, 21°6™ (8°5 inches); of fourth pair, 20°3°™ (8 inches) ; 
length of caudal fin, 15:24™ (6 inches); breadth, 34°3° (13:5 inches) ; 
transverse distance between insertions of caudal fins, 5°9°" (2°33 in- 
ches); breadth across body in middle, 12°7° (5 inches); circumfer- 
ence of body, 31°7™ (12°5 inches); length of eye-opening, 3:2"; its 
breadth, 1:9; length of sucker-bearing portion of tentacular-arms, 
b) 
16°5™ (6°5 inches) ; of portion bearing large suckers, 8°25°" (3°25 in- 
ches); breadth, 1°9°™ (-75 inch); length of terminal portion, 3°8°™ 
(1°5 inches); diameter of naked or peduncular portion, *8 to 1:25°"; 
breadth of dorsal arms at base, 19°; of second pair, 2°57°"; of third 
pair, 2°54; of fourth pair, 2°54; diameter of largest tentacular 
suckers, 9™" to 10™"; of their rims, 7 to 8""; diameter of largest 
suckers of ventral arms, 10™™ (‘40 inch); of their rims, 7 to 8™™. 
Color, in alcohol, reddish or purplish brown, speckled with darker 
brown, on the dorsal surface of body; upper side of head and outer 
sides of arms thickly covered with specks of purplish brown; inner 
surfaces paler, much as in the common small squids; sides yellowish 
brown, under surfaces yellowish brown, tinged with purplish. 
This unique specimen was cast ashore, during a severe gale, near’ 
Cape Sable, N. 8., several years ago, and was secured for the Provin- 
cial Museum at Halifax by J. Matthew Jones, Esq. It is preserved 
entire, in alcohol, and is still in good condition. 
I refer doubtfully, to this species, an entire beak, with the odonto- 
phore, presented by Capt. Geo. A. Johnson and crew, of the schooner 
“A. H. Johnson.” It was taken at Sable Island Bank, Nova Scotia, in 
280-300 fathoms, Sept., 1878. This beak has the exposed parts black ; 
the internal lamine reddish brown. The upper mandible is sharp 
and strongly incurved, with a small narrow notch at its base, from 
which runs a raised lateral line; beyond the notch the anterior edge 
of the ala is convex and slightly uneven. The lower mandible has a 
small notch below the incurved tip; below this, the cutting edge is 
slightly concave to the basal notch, which is narrow on the right side, 
but broader and V-shaped on the left; beyond the notch the alar 
tooth is narrow, prominent and truncate on the right, but broader 
and blunt on the left. Opposite the notch and tooth the side of the 
beak is strongly excavated. Total length of upper mandible, 31™"; 
height, palatine to frontal, 24; tip to bottom of notch, 8°5; tip to 
dorsal edge of frontal lamine, 24°5; breadth between anterior lobes 
