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arms are well shown, but these are about equally broad in S. pteropus 
and S. megaptera , and are also present in all the related species of 
this group. 
Owen’s specimen had a total length of 3 feet; length of body, 15 
inches; of head to base of dorsal arms, 3‘V ; of third pair of arms, 
12; of tentacular arms, 21 ; breadth of caudal fin, 12*6; length of 
their attached bases, G - 6; breadth of body, 5; length of 1st, 2d, 3d, 
4th pairs of arms, 8’9, 11, 12, and 9‘6 inches, respectively. The spe- 
cimen is a female. It agrees very closely in size with the Bermuda 
specimen described by me, and its proportions do not differ more 
than is usual with alcoholic specimens of any species, preserved 
under different circumstances, and in alcohol of different strength. 
The original specimen of S. megaptera is considerably larger. 
Ommastrephes illecebrosus V. (See p. 268.) 
This species was taken in many localities, this year, by the U. S. 
Fish Commission, in deep water, off Martha'' s Vineyard. Most of the 
living specimens were young, but large ones were often taken from 
the stomachs of bottom-dwelling fishes, in the same region, showing 
conclusively that it regularly inhabits those depths. 
Additional Specimens examined. 
Station. 
Locality. 
Fath. 
Date. 
Rec’d from 
Specimens. 
No. Sex. 
918 
Off Martha’s Vineyard. 
S. £ W. 61 m. f. Gay Head. 
45 
1881. 
July 16. 
U. S.E.C. 
It 
1 1., from fish. 
919 
u 65 
5 1 £ 
“ 
u 
2 1., from Lophius. 
923 
“ 78* 
96 
“ 
it 
3 juv. 
924 
“ 834 “ 
110 
“ 
tl 
5 juv. 
925 
“ 86 “ 
224 
U 
1 juv. 
939 
S.byK.4 E. 98 “ 
258 
Aug. 4. 
It 
11.; 1 juv. 
940 
97 
130 
“ 
1 1. ; 1 juv. 
949 
S.W. 79* 
100 
Aug. 23. 
It 
1 1., in Lopholatilus. 
1025 
S.S.\V.£\V.95 
216 
Sept. 8. 
it 
1 1., in fish. 
1033 
S.S.E.4E.106 *• 
183 
Sept 14. 
It 
1 1., in Merlueius. 
1038 
S.byE.±E.894 “ 
146 
Sept. 2 1 . 
it 
1 1. 
Newfoundland. 
SurPe 
1880. 
Osborn 
3 1. <$ ; 10 1. 9 . 
Mr. II. L. Osborn, in the American Naturalist, vol. xv, p. 3G0, 
May, 1881, has given an account of the habits of this squid, at New- 
foundland, and of the methods of capturing it there, for bait. 
Trans. Conn. Acad., Vol. V. is November, 1881. 
