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ing it into several portions, preserved such parts as were still uu- 

 decouiposed in strong alcohol. These various portions have all been 

 examined by ine, and part of them are now in my possession, and, 

 with the photographs, have enabled me to present a restoration, be- 

 lieved to be tolerably accurate, of the entire creature (Plate II). In 

 this figure the eyes, ears, siphon-tube, and front edge of the mantle 

 have been restored from a small squid (Ommastrephes). The other 

 parts have been drawn directly from the photographs and speci- 

 mens.* There were two photographs of the specimen,f one show- 

 ing the entire body, somewhat mutilated anteriorly, the other showing 

 the head with the ten arms attached (Plate I, fig. 1). The photographs 

 were made by Messrs. McKenny & Parsons, of Saint John's. The 

 body or mantle of this specimen was about 7 feet long and between 5 

 and 6 feet in circumference; the relatively small caudal fin was 

 arrow-shaped and 22 inches broad, but short, thick, and very pointed 

 at the end ; the two long tentacular arms were 21 feet in length and 

 2.5 inches in circumference, except at the broader part near the end ; 

 the largest suckers, which form two regular alternating rows, of twelve 

 each, were 1.25 inches in diameter, with serrated edges-. There is also 

 an outer row of much smaller suckers, alternating with the large ones, 

 on each margin; the terminal part is thickly covered with small ser- 

 rated suckers; and numerous small suckers and tubercles are crowded 

 on that portion of the arms where the enlargement begins, before the 

 commencement of the rows of large suckers. The arrangement of the 

 suckers is nearly the same as on the long arm of IsTo. 2, but in the 

 latter the terminal portion of the arm, beyond the large suckers, as 

 shown in the photographs, is not so long, tapering, and acute, but 

 this may be due to the different conditions of the two specimens. 

 The eight short arms were each feet long; the two largest were 10 

 inches in circumference at base; the others were 9, 8, and 7 inches. 

 These short arms taper to slender, acute tips, and each bears more than 

 100 large, oblique suckers, with serrated margins, and over 200 smaller 

 ones toward the tip. 



*The figure was originally made, from the photographs only, by Mr. P. Ecetter, of 

 the Museum of Comparative Zoology, but after the arrival of the specimens it had to 

 be altered in many parts. These necessary changes were made by the writer, after a 

 careful study of the parts preserved, in comparison with the photographs and origi- 

 nal measurements. As published in my first paper (1875), theeyesand back of the head 

 of the figure were restored as in Lolhjo. Subsequent studies and additional specimens 

 showed that this genus is closely allied to Ommastrephes. Therefore, the head woidd 

 have been more correctly shown had it been restored with reference to that genus, as 

 has been done in this paper. The most obvious difference is in the eyes, which have 

 distinct lids and an anterior sinus. 



t Cuts made from these photographs have been published in several magazines and 

 newspapers, but they have been engraved with too little attemion to details to be of 

 much use in the discrimination of specific differences. I have, therefore, prepared 

 new figures from these photographs with the greatest care possible (Plate I). These 

 figures are particularly valuable, as showing the arrangement of the suckers on the 

 short arms. 



