C. G. Rockwood, Jr.—Recent American Earthquakes. 295 
PLATE XVI, figs. 1 to 5. 
The only known specimen of this curious species was taken 
in N. lat. 48° 54’; W. long. 58° 44’, about 30 miles E. of Sable 
Island, N. S., in 250 fathoms, by Capt. Melvin Gilpatrick and 
crew, of the schooner “ Polar Wave,” Sept., 1879. 
rage Gs OF THE PLATES. 
Te XII. 
Architeuthis siete V. (No. 14). oe neral figure; from t ntly preserv 
Specimen; restored, in part, in accordance with the measurement of the freshly 
caught specimen ; +y natural size. Drawn by the aut 
Puate XIII. 
Figure 1.—Architeuthis Peake (No. 5). Head and arms, $ fro 
sh i of the specimen when freshly caught. The pack of of ts ed rlite 
n an oar so as pate e bea protrude, while the arms hang down in a 
eeieed position. The diameter of the bathing tub was inches: a, left, 
and a’, right ventral arms; 8, le ’, righ s of the third pair; c, left, 
the oar: 7 to iv, the ‘club’; 7 to ti, bead ‘wrist’; 7 to a7, the part bearing large 
Suckers ; ii . dv, the terminal o, the be 
Figure Shae f the body me ‘anda ‘in vat the same specimen, } natural ms 
photograph. made me time with the preceding; u, mantle cu 
from 
Open ; Ee tip of tail; 8, ates be L, “vet eral lobes of caudal fin. 
Pirate XIV. 
Histioteuthis Collinsii Verrill. Side-view of ~ pene and arms ; from the preserved 
Specimen, + natural size. Drawn by 
Figure 1.—Rossia Hyatti. Dorsal vi w, enlarged 1}. 
~Figure 2.—The same. A young Peel enlarged 14 
‘gure 3.—Rossia sublevis. Ventral view, enlarged 14. 
Figure RE Anon leucoptera. Young, ventral view, enlarged 3 diameters. 
‘gure 5.—The same. A larger specimen, taken in 1879, enlarged 1}. 
Puate XVI. 
Figure 1.— Stawroteuthis és eyrienais, Dorsal view, 33; natural size. 
HS re : ta e same. Lower of head ; s, siphon; e, eye; a, the pore. 
: same. The pede “5 turned back. 
Pewee: “— and 5-_-The upper and under jaws of the same, enlarged 23 diameters. 
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Art. XXXV.— Notices of Recent American Earthquakes. No. 
9; by Professor C. G. Rocxwoop, Jr., Princeton, N. J. 
Ly these notices, as heretofore, sen based upon single news- 
paper items, and which could not be otherwise verified, are 
dct in snialier type, and the kes of the information is 
Indi ed. 
