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of these remains leaves little doubt that the species is Architewthis 
harveyi, Verrill °—the caudal fin was too much digested to indicate 
whether it had been sagittate or not. The distal series of small, smooth 
suckers are not now on the tentacle tip, but these again may have been 
Fig, 1.—Architeuthis harveyi. Beak. Cire. +. 
lost owing to the same cause. No soft parts of any of the smaller 
cuttlefish were found. 
The molluscs appear to be quite lively when swallowed, as there 
are scars on the heads of the whales right up to the angle of the mouth. 
These have been produced by the vain efforts of the molluscs to save 
themselyes. Sucker-marks were seen on the inside of one of the whales’ 
stomachs. ‘Two or three jawbones of some species of predaceous fish 
were found in the stomach of one Sperm Whale, but, except for these, 
nothing but cuttlefish remains were ever noticed. 
VI.—Notes ona Few Miscellaneous Specimens Preserved. 
_ (a) One of the Norwegians gave us an object, taken from whale 
No. 5 (Finner), which was stated to have been ‘ inside the ribs.’ 
This appears to be a pathological structure. It is a flattened, oblong 
object about 24 in. long, and 2 in. wide, and about 2 in. thick. At 
one point there seems to have been a peduncle. The entire specimen 
has a very hard capsule of fibrous connective tissue, and is filled with 
a more or less reticulate mass, containing what may have been a coagul- 
able fluid. There is a certain amount of calcification in the outer layers 
just beneath the capsule, and a little fat is visible on treatment with 
Sudan III. The conclusion to which the structures observed point is 
that this is a region of connective tissue, which has become infiltrated 
with some pathological product, and has acquired the thick capsule in 
consequence of its abnormal condition. The infiltrating material is very 
varied, in some parts it takes magenta brilliantly, while in others it 
stains in a very faint manner. The more brilliantly coloured tissue 
appears more homogeneous than that which refuses to take the stain. 
The colour of the capsule is dark brownish-grey, that of the contents 
a deep cream (fig. 2, No. 1). 
(b) There are numerous roundish glandular objects embedded in 
the fat which lies in the mid-dorsal region of the body cavity of the 
Finner and surrounds the great vessels. These are lymphatic glands. 
One such specimen preserved is of very irregular shape. It is 14 in. 
in greatest length and 14 in. in greatest breadth (fig. 2, No. 2). 
* Trans, Coun. Acad. of Arts and Sciences, Vol. 5, Pt. 1, p. 197 (1880). 
