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tliat they really belonged to a pair of sessile arms. Probably the tentac- 

 ular arms, when extended, had been cut off so close to their contractile 

 bases that their stamps had afterwards become contracted within their 

 basal pouches, and were therefore overlooked. He adds that the body 

 was 3 feet broad (doubtless it was much flattened from its natural form), 

 and that the measurements were made while the body lay upon uneven 

 ground, so that its exact length could not be easily ascertained, and 

 that the caudal fin had been cut off at its base. As the tail-fins of Xos. 

 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 1 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 Xos. 4, 5, and 

 14 (Plate IV, figures 1, 4, and Plate IX, figures 1, 1 a). 



The jaws are still attached together, in their natural position, by the 

 cartilages. They agree very closely in form with the large jaws of Archi- 

 teuthis princeps V. (Xo. 10), figured on Plate XI, but they are about one- 

 tenth smaller. 



Xo. 14.— Catalina specimen, 1877. (ArcMteutUs princeps.) 



Plates VIII-X. 



A nearly perfect specimen of a large squid was found cast ashore, after 

 a severe gale, at Catalina, Trinity Bay, Xewfoundland, September 22, 

 1877. It was living when found. It was exhibited for two or three 

 days at Saint John's, and subsequently was carried in brine to Xew 

 York, where it was purchased by Beiche & Brother, for the Xew York 

 Aquarium. There I had an opportunity to examine it very soon after 

 its arrival.* I am also indebted to the proprietors of the aquarium for 

 some of the loose suckers. Other suckers from this specimen were sent 

 to me from Xewfoundland, by the Be'v. M. Harvey. Although some- 

 what mutilated, and not in a very good state of preservation when re- 

 ceived, it is of great interest, being, without doubt, the largest and best 

 specimen ever preserved. The Catalina specimen, when fresh, t was 9.5 

 feet from tip of tail to base of arms ; circumference of body, 7 feet ; cir- 

 cumference of head, 4 feet ; length of tentacular arms, 30 feet ; length of 



* See American Journal of Science and Arts, vol. xiv, p. 425, November, 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 misplaced 

 the arms, siphon, and other parts, and inserted two large, round, flat, red eyes close 

 together on the top of the head! Continued soaking in strong alcohol had reduced its 

 dimensions to about one-half their former measurements when examined by me two 

 years later. 



t Measurements of the freshly-caught specimen were made by the Rev. M. Harvey, 

 at Saint John's, and communicated to me. 



