1900.] 



A EAEE CUTTLEFISH. 



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at its base or anterior extremity. It is of a dark-brown colour, 

 in texture somewhat similar to hyaline cartilage, and it is built up 



Fig. 2. 





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H 



B 



A 





A, right tentacular club of Ancistroteuthis. X § . 



a, basal cluster of pads and suckers ; b, double row of large hooks ; 

 c, terminal cluster of small suckers. 



B, extremity of tentacle. Xlh 



of ensheathing laminae, cone within cone. In its present state it 



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