286 A. E. Verrill — North American Cephalopocls. 
also apply to the nidamental glands, which might assume a different 
form, as well as greater volume, at the breeding season. 
The specimens dissected had all been preserved in alcohol, which, 
also, would cause these organs to appear smaller than is natural. 
Additional note on distribution. — After the previous pages were 
printed, additional specimens of this species were obtained, extending 
its range much farther southward, in the deep water, near the edge 
of the Gulf Stream. Although we cannot be certain that specimens 
thus caught in the trawl were living at the bottom, owing to the 
possibility of their entering it during its ascent, it is very probable 
that they do actually inhabit those depths. This is rendered more 
probable by the fact that we found adult specimens in the stomachs 
of fishes ( Lophius ), taken at stations 865 and 893. The most south- 
ern specimens known were taken by Mr. A. Agassiz on the “ Blake,” 
off* Cape Hatteras, in 263 fathoms. 
Additional Specimens Examined. 
Locality. 
Fath. 
When 
Coll’d. 
Rec’d. 
From. 
Specimens. 
No. Sex 
865. N. L. 40° 05'; W. Lg. 70° 23' 
65 
1880 
U. S. F. Com. 
1 ad. 
893. N. L. 39° 52' 20" ; W. Lg. 70° 58' 
372 
1880 
It It 
1 ad. 
CCCXXXii, N. L. 35°45'30"; W. Lg. 74° 48' 
263 
1880 
“Blake” exp. 
3 9 ad. 
Sthenoteuthis megaptera Verrill. 
This volume, p. 223, plate 21, figs. 1-9, Feb., 1880. 
Plate XXI. Plate XXYII, figure 6. Plate XLY, figures 5, 5a. 
Since printing the description of this species, in the first part of 
this volume, when only two examples were known, some additional 
specimens have been obtained. 
The most important of these consists of the tentacular club and 
the pharynx, with the jaws and odontophore complete (Plate XLV, 
fig. 5). These are from a specimen, of which the head and arms were 
found in the mouth of a cod-fish, on the eastern part of George’s 
Bank, by Manuel D. Mitchel, and were by him presented to the U. S. 
Fish Commission. The portions of the specimen not saved were 
used as bait for cod. The arms were described as 18 inches long. 
The part of the tentacular club in my possession, which does not 
include the proximal portion, is 175 ram long, 17 broad, in the middle; 
the distal portion, beyond the large suckers, is 62 long, breadth of 
its sucker-bearing face, 8 ; from front to back, including width of 
dorsal keel, but not the suckers, 18; diameter of largest suckers, 12, 
of horny rings, 11; of aperture, 8 ; height of horny ring, outer side, 
