266 Prof. A. E. Verrill on the Occurrence 



of similar scales forming a postmental patch. Gular region 

 covered by uniform convex granules equal to those on the 

 muzzle, larger than the finer granules of the top and sides of 

 the head. Ear-opening small. The whole upper surface of 

 the body granular ; ventral surface from front of chest to anus 

 with moderate-sized hexagonal scales, which also protect the 

 anterior faces of the limbs and the entire lower surface of the 

 hind limb. Tail tetragonal, with one deep median superior 

 and two deep lateral furrows the whole of its length ; finely 

 granular above, with a central series of broad and lateral 

 series of smaller scales beneath. 



Colour (in spirit) dusky brown, very finely punctulated over 

 the back with darker. A vertical humeral stripe and several 

 indistinct dark roundish spots on the sides of the body. The 

 upper surface of the tail is regularly barred with broad brown 

 and pale patches. 



The type of this species was received from Cuba ; its 

 length is 3 inches. 



XXXIV. — Notice of the Occurrence of another Gigantic 

 Cephalopod (Architeuthis) on the Coast of Newfoundland, 

 in December 1874. By A. E. Veerill*. 



In an article published in the l American Journal of Science ' 

 for February and March 1875f , I gave a summary of our infor- 

 mation concerning twelve specimens of gigantic cephalopods 

 that have been obtained in American waters during a few 

 years past, together with a brief notice of the various specimens 

 that have been described by European writers J. 



I am now able to add some important information concern- 

 ing an additional specimen which was cast ashore last winter 

 at Grand Bank, Fortune Bay, Newfoundland. As in the 



* From the ' American Journal of Science ' for September 1875. 



t Vol. ix. pp. 123, 177, plates ii.-v. See also the ' American Natura- 

 list,' vol. ix. pp. 21, 78, January and February 1875. 



X In the ' Journal de Zoologie," vol. iv. no. 2, p. 88, 1875, M. Paul 

 Gervais has also given a summary of the gigantic cephalopods previously 

 known, and has mentioned an additional species (Architeuthis Mouchezi, 

 Velain), of which portions were brought to Paris by M. Velain, from the 

 Island of Saint Paul, where it was cast ashore. He also quotes the brief 

 notice of the animal by M. Velain (in Comptes Kendus, t. lxxx. p. 1002, 

 Seance du 19 Avril 1875). It is stated that this example belongs to the 

 same group with Ommastrephes ; and if so, it will probably prove to be 

 generically distinct from both of the Newfoundland species. M. Gervais 

 does not refer, in any way, to the several American specimens described 

 by the writer and others. 



