A. E. Verrill — North American Cephalopods. 22*7 



of mantle to base of arras, 12'7"" (5 inches) ; length of long tentaculai*- 

 arms, 55*8 and 60-9''" (22 and 24 inches) respectively; of first (dorsal) 

 pair of arms, 16"5'^'" (6"5 inches); of second pair, 20*3'^"' (8 inches) ; 

 of third pair, 21-6'^'" (Bo inches) ; of fourth pair, 20-3'"™ (8 inches) ; 

 length of caudal fin, 15-24'^'" (6 inches); breadth, 34-3'='" (13-5 inches) ; 

 transverse distance between insertions of caiidal fins, 5-9"" (2*33 in- 

 ches) ; breadth across body in middle, 12-7"" (5 inches); circumfer- 

 ence of body, Zl'T'^ (12'5 inches) ; length of eye-opening, 3-2'^^"'; its 

 breadth, 1-9'^'"; length of sucker-bearing portion of tentacular-arms, 

 l(j-5'^"' (6-5 inches) ; of portion bearing large suckers, 8-25'='" (3*25 in- 

 ches) ; breadth, 1'9'"'" (-75 inch); length of terminal portion, 3-8*^"' 

 (1"5 inches); diameter of naked or peduncular portion, '8 to 1*25""; 

 breadth of dorsal arras at base, 1-9'""; of second pair, 2*57""; of third 

 pair, 2"54""; of fourth pair, 2-54''" ; diameter of largest tentacular 

 suckers, 9""" to 10"""; of their rims, 7 to 8'"'"; diameter of largest 

 suckers of ventral arms, 10'"'" (-40 inch); of their rims, 7 to 8""". 



Color, in alcohol, reddish or purplish brown, speckled with darker 

 brown, on the dorsal surface of body ; upper side of head and outer 

 sides of arms thickly covered with specks of purplish brown ; inner 

 surfaces paler, much as in the common small squids ; sides yellowish 

 brown, under surfaces yellowish brown, tinged with purplish. 



This unique specimen was cast ashore, during a severe gale, near 

 Cape Sable, N. S., several years ago, and was secured for the Provin- 

 cial ^luseura at Halifax by J. Matthew Jones, Esq. It is preserved 

 entire, in alcohol, and is still in good condition. 



I refer doubtfully, to this species, an entire beak, with the odonto- 

 phore, presented by C^apt. Geo. A. Johnson and crew, of the schooner 

 " A. FI. Johnson." It was taken at Sable Island Bank, Nova Scotia, in 

 280-300 fathoms, Sept., 1878. This beak has the exposed parts black ; 

 the internal lamina? reddish brown. The upper mandible is sharp 

 and strongly incurved, with a small narrow notch at its base, from 

 which runs a raised lateral line; beyond the notch the anterior edge 

 of the ala is convex and slightly uneven. The lower mandible has a 

 small notch below the incurved tip ; below this, the cutting edge is 

 slightly concave to the basal notch, which is narrow on the right side, 

 but broader and V-shaped on the left ; beyond the notch the alar 

 tooth in narrow, prominent and truncate on the right, but broader 

 and blunt on the left. Opposite the notch and tooth the side of the 

 beak is strongly excavated. Total length of upper mandible, 31°""; 

 height, palatine to frontal, 24 ; tip to bottom of notch, 8*5 ; tip to 

 dorsal edge of frontal larainse, 24*5 ; breadth between anterior lobes 



