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" The fins were posterior, and were mere lateral expansions of the 

 mantle. They did not extend over the back, as in the case with Onycho- 

 teuthis, &c. Each measured 21 inches in length and 13 inches in width. 



" The cuttle-hone, when first extracted, measured 6 feet 3 inches in 

 length and 11 inches in width, but has since shrunk considerably. It 

 was broadly lanceolate, with a hollow conical apex 1£ inches deep." 



No. 4. "Another specimen, measuring 8 feet in length, was lately 

 caught by a fishing party near the Boulder Bank, at Nelson, concerning 

 which I have only seen a newspaper cutting, and have not been able to 

 obtain particulars." 



' No. 5. "A fifth was found by Mr. Moore, near Flat Point, east coast. 

 A description was sent to Mr. Beetham, M. H. K., who, I believe, in- 

 tends communicating it to this society." 



From the above descriptions it is not possible to decide with certainty 

 whether these specimens belong to the ArehitcutMs-gvo\x\} or whether 

 they are more nearly allied to the OnychotentMsgrouy, like Moroteuthis, 

 for the armature of the tentacular arms is not known. The broad- 

 lanceolate form of the pen, with a small conical hood at the end, would 

 seem to indicate affinities with Architeuthis, and the presence of true 

 suckers on the sessile arms, and small size of the fins, are favorable for 

 that view. Altogether, the descriptions indicate that this New Zealand 

 species is related to, and perhaps identical with, the one discovered at 

 the Island of Saint Paul, and first named by M. Velain Architeuthis 

 MouchezL It is to be hoped that Mr. Kirk will soon give detailed de- 

 scriptions and figures of the portions in his possession. 



C. — Examples from the North Pacific. 



The following species, although the specimens when found had lost 

 some of their most characteristic parts, appears to be nearly related to 

 Onychoteuthis, a genus having sharp claws instead of suckers on the 

 'club' of the tentacular arms, and a cluster of small tubercles and 

 smooth suckers on its ' wrist,' to unite the arms together. It probably 

 is nearly related to the group Lestoteuthis, characterized below. 



Moroteuthis robusta (Dall, sp.) Verrill, 1881. 



Ommastrcphes robustus (Dall, MSS.) Verrill, Arucr. Journ. Sci., vol. xii, p. 236, 



1876. 

 Onychoteuthis (Lestoteuthis) robusta Verrill, Trans. Conn. Acad., vol. v, pp. 195, 



246, 252, pis. 23, 24, 1880. 



Plate XIII. Plate XIV. 

 This large and very interesting species* was discovered by Mr. W. 

 H. Dall, near Iliuliuk, Unalashka Island, off the coast of Alaska.f He 



* This is the species referred to as perhaps Onychoteuthis Bcrgi by Mr. Dall in his 

 note upon large Cephalopods, in the American Naturalist, vol. vii, p. 484, 1873. 



t The first specimen was found by Mr. M. W. Harrington, of Mr. Dall's party, on the 

 west shore of Amaknak Island, Captain's Harbor, Unalashka, April 26. 



