of another Gigantic Cephalopod. 267 



case of several of the previous specimens, I am deeply indebted 

 to the Rev. M. Harvey for information concerning this one, 

 and also for the jaws and one of the large suckers of the tenta- 

 cular arms, these being the only parts preserved. Although 

 this specimen went ashore in December, Mr. Harvey did not 

 hear of the event until March, owing to the unusual interrup- 

 tion of travel by the severity of the winter. He informs me that 

 Mr. George Simms, Magistrate of Grand Bank, has stated, in a 

 letter to him, that he examined the creature a few hours after 

 it went ashore, but not before it had been mutilated by the 

 removal of the tail by the fishermen, who finally cut it up as 

 food for their numerous dogs ; and that the long tentacular 

 arms were 26 feet long and 16 inches in circumference (pro- 

 bably meaning at their broad terminal portion) ; the short 

 arms were " one third as long as the long ones, and about the 

 same in circumference ;" the back of the head or neck was 36 

 inches in circumference (evidently meaning the head behind 

 the bases of the arms) ; the length of the body " from the 

 junction to the tail " was 10 feet (apparently meaning from 

 the anterior edge of the mantle to the origin of the caudal 

 fins). He thinks the tail, which had been removed, was 

 about one third as long as the body ; but this is probably over- 

 estimated, judging from the Logie-Bay specimen (no. 5 of my 

 former papers), in which it was about one fifth ; but it may 

 have been cut off above its proper base. Allowing one fifth 

 also for the length of the head, the total length would be 

 about 40 feet, the head and body together being about 14. 

 The large sucker in my possession is one inch in diameter 

 across the denticulated rim, and in form and structure agrees 

 closely with those previously described and figured by me 

 from the tentacular arms of nos. 4 and 5 (vol. ix. plate iv. figs. 

 11, 12, 13). 



The jaws are still attached together, in their natural posi- 

 tion, by the cartilages*. They agree very closely in form 

 with the large jaws of Architeuthis princejJSj V. (no. 10), 

 figured on plate v. vol. ix., but they are about one tenth 

 smaller. The upper jaw measures 111 millims. in height 

 (front to back),'"88 millims. from tip of beak to front edge of 

 palatine lamince, 20 millims. from tip of beak to the base of 

 the notch. The lower jaw measures 96 millims. in total 

 length, 80 millims. from tip of beak to front edge of laminae, 

 19 millims. from tip to base of notch. 



From the close agreement of these jaws with those of 



* These will be figured in au article on the gigantic Cephalopotls, now 

 in preparation for the ' Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of 

 Sciences.' 



