GIG \ \ IN OEPHAtOPOfift. 



winch are found in the European seas, for its arms, instead ol 

 were armed with .-i douUc range of claws, very dbarp, 



nl.liim those ol' the cat. :nnl which if. could, like Hint :ii)iin:il. 

 withdraw at. will." Part s of t his mollusk having IMMMI >ent In 

 inn. nnd placed in the Museum of tin- College of > 

 i r\:nniiir.l them, lie Bays : " The lins have :i rh<>mloida I 

 form, which allowed the :mhn:il to swim both forwards and lim-K 

 wards." Comparing it with sm:illcr specimen^ of Hie same 

 Bpccies, Mini ;tl lowing ;i similar proport ion Tor its arm-, t he entii'e 

 :inim:il must h:i ve exceetled T 1'cct . its body beiiiLr :it le:ist { feet 

 in lenut h. 



D'Orbigny recognized in this mollusk the distinctive ch arac- 



of his genus Kiioplotenthis. nnd he cnlled it I]. M<>lhin. 

 U it the same :u)iin:d wliich l'<M'on s:iw. :ind of which he too 

 ln-i.-Hy s|e;iks in his " Voyage " (i. L8)? -Tiie sniiie d:iy (J:in. 

 '.). not t':ir from the isl.-uid of V:in Diemen, \ve perceiveil on the 

 WMVCS. ;it :i little <iist:tnce from the vessel. ;in enormous specie^ 

 of Sepin. prolt:ilily :t (.':ilMin:iry. of the si/,- of :i Lnn. It rolled 

 noi-il\- in the midst of the wnves. nnd its In !(' :irms spmwlinu 

 lo their surface were :igit:ile(l like tMiormons reptiles. K.-ich of 

 the-e .-inns w;is not less 1h;in (\ or 7 feet in length, hy n dimneter 

 of 7 or s inclies." 



Prof. Urewer, of Y:de College. h;is se(>n Oetopi measuring 

 1 \ fret from tip to tip of the expanded arms, in the San Fran- 



market - 



In the winter of Is71_-J, : it Ilinlink. Cnalashka.a laru'e nninlter 

 Hit cuttles were stranded :;l \\-i rions t ime^. One of tin 

 lies, apparently, of Piniioctopus. measured C. feet from tip 

 to tip of t he arm-. The color was white, ocellated with hrick-red. 

 and the larger -uckei's me;isure<l -j:> inclies acroi 



A still more remarkal>le form, however, was siihsiMpn-ni ly 



ilied. pel'lia|s tin 1 nm/r/iiifi'iif/ifff I'xT'ji 1/lcllt.olie sjn-cimeil 



of which measured, from the posterior end of the Itody totlu- 



mutilated end- of t he tent acula r arms, lln inche-, with a lio|\- 



uirth of :l feel, and weiirhin^ nearly -J(H) poiiml>. Another -pcc- 



'i more mutilated me.-isured M inches in length. The I. 



.. \'n. lit. 

 Urn- i-> r\iiU-ntly ;i mistake in measurement <>f tin- suckers : 



inilliinrt r-N, inslrml <!' incln-s, is 



