Ti-:i THIS, 



The shell i>> very like tli.-it <>f /,. l\r< (if tin- fi-jure 



given in I'Yr. and Orh.. which I have copied. U COlTed ). but the 

 animal is very ditlerent in its propoi I 'K.IIS. (t is the II:MT<> 

 species known in {import ion lo its length. 



Wett Indies. 



I.. I'.I.KI K 1.1:1. Keferstein. I'l. .">7. ii^. 185,188. Animal not 

 described. The hectocotyli/cd i'mirtli left MI-HI :in<l a fourt'i 

 right :inn. MS well ;is :i shell are figured. thr l.-itter aliout 5 

 inc'hes in lenot h. 



Japan. 



B. Buccal membrane irithnut projections or suckers. 



Suii^i'Miis Teuthis, (H-;I\. 

 L. MKIHA. Linn. IM. .">^, fi^s. ls7-lS!l. 



I>o<ly subeyliiMlrienl, nrirrowly Mttemuite Itehind, :ind in tlu- 

 jidult males produced heyond the tins : tins suhcordiform ; 

 !e .-inns with the oblique rin^s ai'ined with blunt close teeth 

 on tin- higher side: teiitacnl.-ir arms lon^, the sucker rings of the 

 clubs with very close blunt teeth: siphon not valved. Shell 

 lanceolate, broad, narrow in front. 



tin rope. 



This species, known to Aristotle and the ancients, is highly 

 nied tor food ; at Genoa it bea rs the local name of Totaneto, 

 and in Italy Livnerally is called ( 'alamaretto. 



Imperfectly known and doubtful species. 



L. HAKTIV.II. Vcrrill. I'l. (',<). tigs. I ( .)4. P.);"). 



Marling described in the Trans, of the Royal Acad. of Amster- 

 dam, in Isr.o, the buccal parts ;md some letacliel suckers of a 

 rigantic cephalopod, pres(>rved in the rti'echt Museum: locality 

 unknown. Me erroneously identities these fragments with ArcJu 

 tr\illii.< tin. r of Steenstrup. but Verrill has shown (Am. \tit..\\. 

 liat the dentition and the cupules ;uv those of a l,oli<i<>. for 

 which he proposes the above name. 



I ligmv the biiecal mass and a sucker, actual si/e. t> -how the 

 iinineiise dimensions that this creature mu-.t liavr attained. 



L. I'.oi VKiM, Orosse and Fischer. I'!. 193. This i- the 



gigantic cephalopod encountered by the Fiviirii v|,-:niier Aleeton, 

 near Teneritl'e. an account of which we have already given 



