2U Mr. W. E. Hoyle on the 



each other, so as to present the appearance of a half-closed 

 eyelid; but the largest suckers are firm and muscular, and 

 consist of a globular basal portion imbedded in the arm and a 

 short cylindrical projecting portion. The cirri commence 

 between the fourth and fifth suckers as very minute promi- 

 nences which gradually increase in length until halfway along 

 the arm they attain a maximum length of 8 centim., after 

 which they decrease rapidly, and cease opposite the attach- 

 ment of tlie web to the ventral aspect of the arm. 



The Surface of the body has been entirely denuded of epi- 

 dermis, so that it is impossible to ascertain its nature ; the 

 web is perfectly smooth. 



The Colour , so far as preserved, is a dull madder. 



Hab. Between Prince Edward Island and the Crozets ; 

 1375 fathoms (Station 146). One specimen, sex ? 



Cirroteuthis meangensis, n. sp. 



The Body is much distorted, but appears to have been sub- 

 globular in form. The mantle- opening is very small, and fits 

 closely around the base of the siphon, which is small and 

 bluntly conical, with a still smaller pimple-like extremity ; on 

 either side there extends from the dorso -lateral base a curved 

 fold of membrane, which loses itself in the mantle. The fins 

 are about ecjual in length to the breadth of the body, narrow 

 and pointed at the extremity, and thickened towards the 

 posterior margin. The dorsal cartilage is elongated trans- 

 versely. 



The Head is exceedingly short, and the eyes large and 

 spheroidal. 



The Arms are subequal and about three times as long as 

 the body in the present shrunken condition of the specimen; 

 they taper rather rapidly to slender points. The umbrella 

 extends on the dorsal side of each arm to within 1 centim. of 

 its extremity, whilst on the ventral side it reaches only four 

 fifths along it ; the arms lie in the umbrella and are not united 

 to it by any intermediate vertical web. The suckers are about 

 sixty to seventy in number, small and subequal ; they are at 

 equal intervals for the greater part of the arm, but closer near the 

 extremity. The cirri are short, stout, and conical, the largest 

 2 millim. in length ; on the ventral arms they commence 

 between the fourth and fifth suckers and extend to the fiftieth 

 sucker, beyond which there are twenty-one, which gradually 

 decrease ; on the dorsal arms the cirri commence between the 

 :sixth and seventh suckers and continue to the fifty-fifth, 

 beyond which there are nine. 



The Surface is smooth. 



