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both the lateral arms of the left side had previously been truncated at 

 12 to 13 inches from their bases. The ends had not only healed up en- 

 tirely, but each one had apparently commenced to reproduce the lost 

 portion. The reproduced part consists, in each case, of an elongated, 

 acute, soft papilla, arising from the otherwise obtuse end of the arm. 

 At its base one or two small suckers have already been reproduced, and 

 minute rudiments of others can be detected on some of them. Whether 

 these arms would have been perfectly restored in course of time is, per- 

 haps, doubtful,* but there can be no doubt that a partial restoration 

 would, at least, have been effected. On the basal half of several of the 

 arms some of the suckers had also been previously lost, and these were all 

 in the process of restoration. The restored suckers were mostly less than 

 one-half the diameter of those adjacent, and in some cases less than one- 

 third. Among the restored suckers were some malformations. One has 

 a double aperture, with a double horny rim. In one case two small suck- 

 ers, with pedicels in close contact, occupy the place of a single sucker. 

 In another instance a small pediceled sucker arises from the pedicel of 

 a larger one, near its base. 



Nos. 25, 2G, &c. 



Architeuthis abundant in 1875 at the Grand Banks. 



From Capt. J. W. Collins, now of the United States Fish Commission, 

 I learn that in October, 1875, an unusual number of giant squids were 

 found floating at the surface on the Grand Bauks, but mostly entirely 

 dead and more or less mutilated by birds and fishes. In very few cases 

 they were not quite dead, but entirely disabled. These were seen chiefly 

 between north latitude 14° and 44° 30', and between west longitude 49° 

 30' and 49° 50'. He believes that between 25 and 30 specimens were 

 secured by the fleet from Gloucester, Mass., and that as many more were 

 probably obtained by the vessels from other places. They were cut up 

 and used as bait for codfish. For this use they are of considerable value 

 to the fishermen. Captain Collins was at that time in command of the 

 schooner " Howard," which secured five of these giant squids. These 

 were mostly from 10 to 15 feet long, not including the arms, and aver- 

 aged about 18 inches in diameter. The arms were almost always muti- 

 lated. The portion that was left was usually 3 to 4 feet long, and at the 

 base about as large as a man's thigh. 



One specimen (No. 25), when cut up, was packed into a large hogs- 

 head-tub having a capacity of about 75 gallons, which it filled. This 

 tub was known to hold 700 pounds of codfish. The gravity of the Archi- 

 uthis is probably about the same as that of the fish. This would indicate 

 more nearly the actual weight of one of these creatures than any of the 



*TIint mutilations of the arms in species of Octopus are regularly restored is well 

 known, but it has been stated by Steensfrup that this does not occur in the teu-arined 

 forms. I have repeatedly observed such restorations in Lolujo and Qmmastreplies. 



