1 T 1 ANCIsTKOillKllU S. VKKAMA. 



order of length 3. 2. 1, = 4. armed with n double series of 

 hooks and suckers at the ends; tentacles somewhat longer, with 

 a double series of suckers and hooks; the outer surface with a 

 single series of distant, small tubercle*. 



Messina. 



Differs from E. Morrisii in the relative lengths of the arms. 



F. KAMTSCIIATICA. Middendorlf. PI. 77. tigs. .-{38-335. 



Body conical, pointed behind ; lins rhomboidal. long-pointed 

 behind, one-third the length of the body; arms quadrangular, 

 halt' the length of the body; the lower |>air with a quadruple 

 series of suckers only, the upper ones with two rows of hook* 

 and an outer row of suckers on either side ; tentacles as long as 

 the body, the clubs thickly covered with suckers, and with two 

 Large centra] hooks. Shell linear, slightly winged, with a mod- 

 erate central groove, and a small terminal cone. 



Length of body :ind head, 11 inches; of shell. <,);> inches. 



Kurile Isles. 

 Subgenus Ancistrocheirus, Gray. 



Fins occupying nearly the whole length of the sides of the 

 back. 



K. FKSIKI KM. Fer. and Orb. PI. 77. tigs. 380. 831. 



llody elongated, acuminate behind, with regularly disposed 

 ventral tubercles ; tins triangular, occupying nearly the whole 

 length of the sides of the back ; sessile arms very large, long, 

 rounded externally, hooks in two indistinct alternate lines, no 

 Dickers; tentacles long, moderate, hooks elongated. Shell 

 narrow, lanceolate, with a broad central groove. 



Indian Ocean. 



til-mis VERANIA, Kmhii. 



Thi* name is preferred to the prior one of Octopodoteuthis, 



because the latter is liable to mislead, being very inappropriate 

 fora decapod. Only one species known. The generic character 

 i> rather unimportant. 



V. 8lC1 LA, Kiippell and Krohn. PI. 77. tigs. 836, 33f. 



SSile arm* rounded externally, third pair rather the longest ; 

 tin* rounded, about three-fourths the length of the body, con- 



