i. li, \\ I H ' U'll \l,ol'o|>-. 



U eleven inches ; and thence il <_>T:I< 1 11:1 1 1 y t pcix nil', I 

 natinir in :i line point. The SUCkera, which COVOT tin- whole of the 

 under MiiTace i>r I his a i in. a iv d i>t ri hilled in I \\ o ;\ It ernat in- fl 

 immlteriii'.: from 1 l.~> tn l."n BUOkeTO to 6ftCh row : tho^eat the 

 base having :i diameter of half atl inch. :iml uradnally decre;i-in<j 

 ill i/.e as they approach the :il t cnnat extremity. No authen- 

 ticated record of the circnnist :inces :itteiidiiiLr Hi* 1 -:i|tni i e <>!' this 

 reniMi-k.-ilile s|iecinieii. or of t he loc.nlity whi-nce ol>t .-lined, :i|)|ie:i r- 

 to h.M\'e lieen | d'esers ed ; l>llt it is !>elie\ed to h;i\e comr tVom the 



South Amei-icMii coast. 41 "It ni.'iy in- :m :i I'm of A. princeps of 



of Lnlni,, IfttrfitKf/t', or it HKiv :i p) nM't ii i ii to the Loli^o IJonyeii 

 ofCrosseand Fischer." VKRRII.L. .I///. \uinnili*t. i\. 86. 



H.-irtiii^' li-'s descrilted portions of two eiiornioiis cephnlopods 

 in tin- I'nivei'sit \ Museum of Utrecht. Their h;il>it:it .-ind circuin- 

 st:ince> of t heir c;ipt tire :ire unknown. The iir.sl :ind l.-ir^csl M. 

 ll:irtin_ir identities with .\i'<-hili'ulltix ilii.r Steeiist. Tlie linccnl 

 p:irt>. ^oine cups :ind the dentition :iie preserve(i.t 



The followinu- is from '/'//< /ool<njixl, ,Inne. Is7.', : 



r.M'Tl UK <M \\ KNoimoiS ( ' liTT I.K-KI SI! OKK Hoi-'KIN IsLANK. o\ 

 TIIK COAST OK CoNNKMAHA ( I II KLA \D) -- Oil Monday l:ist , the cl'eW 

 ot' :i ciin-M^li.;;; consist iiiii' of three men. met with :i st rnnnv :nl- 

 ventnre northwest of liollin Islnnd. Having sliot tlu-ir sj)illels 

 (oi- Inni: lines) in tlie niorninu 1 . they olscrvcl to se:iw:ir<l a ^rent 

 llontinu' IHMS-S. x!irrounded ly li'iills : they pulled out, believing it to 

 he :i wreck. l)iit. to their u'reat astonishment, t'onnd it to lie :i 

 cult le-li-h of enoi'mons propnrt iuiis. ;ind lyinu' perfectly still. :i- 

 if basking on the siirl'Mcc of the water. A knife was the only 

 weapon on hoard. The cuttle is much pri/ed as a liait foi'coarse 

 iisli. and the rrcw resoh'ed to secure al least a portion of it. 

 < 'oiisiderinLr the "real M/C of the monster, and knowing the 

 crushing and holding powers nl' the arms, open hostility could 

 not he resorted to. and the iNhermen shaped t.heir tact ics ditt'er- 

 ently. I'addlini:- up with caution, a single arm was Middenly 



n IB more carefully described in "Zool, Proo," 188, 1874, and 

 identified with (>m//nts//- uj.lM.srd to IK- tin- ^um 



I ihi.r of M 



I'. Hart in-. "Verb, Ak:ul. \Vrt.-n.." Ain>tei(l;un. ix, t. 1. -J. 



\ ];irm % kiml o| Ci.rarlr ni;uli- \\ith xvooilen ril>s, ami covrr'j with 

 tiinvd car 



