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base of arms, 12.7 cm (5 inches) ; length of long tentacular arms, 55.8 cm 

 and 60.9 cm (22 and 24 inches) respectively ; of first (dorsal) pair of arms, 

 16.5 cm (6.5 inches); of second pair, 20.3 cm (8 inches); of* third pair, 

 21.6 cm (8.5 inches); of fourth pair, 20.3 cm (8 inches); length of caudal fin, 

 15.24 cm (6 inches); breadth, 34.3 cm (13.5 inches); transverse distance 

 between insertions- of caudal fins, 5.9 cm (2.33 inches) ; breadth across 

 body in middle, 12.7 cm (5 inches) ; circumference of body, 31.7 cm (12.5 

 inches); length of eye- opening, 3.2 cm ; its breadth, 1.9 cm ; length of 

 sucker-bearing portion of tentacular arms, 16.5 cm (6.5 inches); of por- 

 tion bearing large suckers, 8.25 cm (3.25 inches); breadth, 1.9 cm (.75 inch); 

 length of terminal portion, 3.8 C ™ (1.5 inches) ; diameter of naked or pe- 

 duncular portion, .8 cm to 1.25 cm ; breadth of dorsal arms at base, 1.9 cm ; 

 of second pair, 2.57 cm ; of third pair, 2.54 cm ; of fourth pair, 2.54 cm ; 

 diameter of largest tentacular suckers, 9 mm to 10 mm ; of their rims, 7"" 

 to 8 mn) ; diameter of largest suckers of ventral arms, 10 mm (.40 iuch): of 

 their rims, 7 mm to 8 mm . 



Color, in alcohol, reddish or purplish brown, specked with darker 

 brown on the dorsal surface of the 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. 



The original specimen was cast ashore during a severe gale near Cape 

 Sable, Nova Scotia, several years ago, and was secured for the Pro- 

 vincial Museum at Halifax, by J. Matthew Jones, esq. It is preserved 

 entire in alcohol and is still in good condition. 



I also refer to this species an entire beak with the odontophore, pre- 

 sented by Capt. George A. Johnson and crew of the schooner " A. H. 

 Johnson." It was taken at Sable Island Bank, Nova Scotia, in 280-300 

 fathoms, September, 1878. This beak (Plate XVII, fig. 2) has the 

 exposed parts black, the internal lamina3 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 cut- 

 ting 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 mm ; 

 hight, palatine to frontal, 24 mm ; tip to bottom of notch, 8.5 mm ; tip to 

 dorsal edge of frontal lamina?, 24.5 mm ; breadth between anterior lobes 

 of alse, 6.2 mm ; breadth of palatine, 17.5 mm . Total length of lower man- 

 dible, 23 mm ; hight, mentum to inner end of ala?, 22 mm ; tip to notch, 

 7.8 mm ; tip to end of mentum, 8.2 mm ; tip to dorsal end of gular, 16 mm ; 

 transverse breadth at alar teeth, 7 mm . 



The odontophore is similar to that of the typical S. niegaptera, but the 



