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I havo heard of but one authentic instance* of the occurrence of speci- 

 mens of this genus at Newfoundland, since the finding of the small 

 specimen (No. 24), in April, 1880. (See pp. [18], [34-40J.) 



The latest specimen (No. 27) was taken at Portugal Cove, Newfound- 

 land, November 10, 1881. According to a description in the New York 

 Herald, of November 25th, this specimen was nearly perfect, and had 

 been shipped to New York, packed in ice. The following measure- 

 ments of the fresh specimen were given on the authority of Inspector 

 Murphy, chief of the Board of Public Works Department: Length of 

 body, 5.5 feet; length of the head, 1.25 feet; total length, to end of ten- 

 tacular arms, 28 feet; circumference of body, 1.5 feet; breadth of cau- 

 dal fin, about 1.25 feet. A photograph of this example was made by 

 Mr. E. Lyons, of St. Johns. This specimen is considerably smaller than 

 the Logie Bay specimen (No. 5), but if in as good preservation as stated, 

 it will, when it can be studied, give an opportunity to coroplete the de- 

 scription of the head, eyes, and certain other parts that have not been 

 seen in good condition in any of the previous specimens. 



STHENOTEUTHIS Verrill, 1880. (See p. [99].) 



Ommatostrephes Steenstrup, Overigt K. D. Vidensk. Selsk. Forh., p. 89, Aug., 1880; 



the same, March, 1881. 

 Xiphoteuthw (subgenus) Owen, op. cit., p. 104, pi. 28, figs. 1, 2, June, 1881 (won Huxley). 



This generic group has been discussed by Professor Steenstrup in two 

 recent papers,! published during the printing of this report. In the 

 first paper quoted,! Professor Steenstrup gives figures (cuts) which, with 

 the descriptive remarks, will hereafter enable others to identify his Om- 

 matostrephes pteropus with more certainty. He has given diagramatic 

 cuts of the base of the tentacular clubs, showing the arrangement of the 

 connective suckers and tubercles of O. pteropus, O. Bartramii, 0. gigas, 

 O. pelagicus, O. oualaniensis, and Dosidicus Esclirichtii (p. 11), and cuts 

 (p. 9), showing the siphonal grooves of O. pteropus, 0. Bartramii, O. 

 pacijicus, Todarodes sagittatus ( = "0. todarus"), and Illex Coindetii (="0. 

 sagittatus? auth.). On pp. 19 and 20 he has given a synoptical table of 

 the several genera that he recognizes in this group, which he names, Om- 

 matostephini (= OmmastrepMdce Gill, Tryon, Verrill). On plate 3, he fig- 

 ures "Illex Coindetii^ female, with the gill-cavity opened, showing a 



*A purely fictitious and sensational account of an imaginary capture of an Archi- 

 teuthis has been published in Lippincott's Magazine, for Aug., 1881, p. 124, by Mr. 

 Charles F. Holder. 



tDe Ommatostrephagtige Blaeksprutter indbyrdes Forhold. <Oversigt K. D. Vi- 

 densk. Selsk. Forhandl., 1880. Presented April, 1880. [Author's edition received 

 Aug., 1880.] 



Professor A. E. Verrils [sic~\ to nye Cephalopodslaegter, Sthenoteuthis og Lestoteuthis. 

 Bemserkninger og Berigtigelser, 1 pi. ["avec un resume' en Francais," not received]. 

 From the same, 1881. Advance copy, received by me, through the kindness of the 

 author, is dated, in MSS, March 3, 1881. 



iThe part of this paper relating to the nomenclature of the genus Ommastrephes (Illex 

 Steenst.) has already been discussed on pp. [82], [83]. 



