72 Scientific Intelligence. 
to several of the organs that have not been cobra in any 
the 
r specimen. Of these points the followmg be men- 
tioned: The siphon is large, with the a ar Kehily bilabiate, 
and four inches broad; valve large; dorsal bridles well-devel- 
oped ; siphon-pit bro ad, not very deep, pee Ds ayalios large, 
only slightly angulated ace —: with a shallow sinus; 
iameter of opening, inch ; transverse nuchal crest, back of 
hare possibly rubbed off. The median dorsal angle of the 
mantle-edge is rather prominent lateral angles evident; lateral 
ah cartilages of the mantle very simple, consisting only 
of a short, simple,. fongcitndinal Sian connective cartilages on 
the base of the siphon simple, long-ovate, somewhat oblique, 
slightly concave. Anterior tip of the pen very thin, broad, ob- 
tuse. ‘The caudal fin was too much mutilated’ before and after 
death to afford. additional information. When examined by m 
after it had been in alcohol about two weeks, the body aoe 
4:16 feet in length, along the side; length of head, 1°25 feet; 
circumference of body, 4 feet; of sessile arms, 7°5 to 8°5 inches; 
length of ventral arms, minus tips, 4°66 feet ; of tentacular arms, 
15 . fee 
7. Descriptions of some new and rare oe Part 
IT_< Trans. Zool. eis codon, xi, part 5, pp. 131-170, pl. 23-35, 
June, 1881. By Ricnarp Owrn.—This a as paper is of 
special interest on aniiast He the figures and descriptions that it 
contains of two gigantic s 
name, Enoplotenths Cookii,* Professor Owen 
241).+ It is to be regretted, however, that Pr ofessor wen 
has neither described nor figured the dentition of the radula, in 
a manner to enable it to His used as a systematic character. His 
a in regard to it is of the — general ind, and shows 
only that there are seven rows of teeth. It is also a matter of 
* The synonymy of this at is as follows: 
OPLOTEUTHIS Cook Ow 
Trans. Zool. Soc. pernnn a9: p. 15 vil coe ; Sige. 1-3; pl. 31, figs. 1-4; pl. 32, 
figs. 1-6, pl. 33, fig. 1, (restora tion), June, 
Seppia iculata Molina, 1810 (no desert ion). 
Enoploteuthis Moline 1’ Orbigny, Ceph. Acétab., p. 339, 1845-1848, 
? Enoplo is Hartingii Verrill, this vol., p. 241, pl. 24, figs. 4-4b, 18 
+ In referring a own work upon Cephalopods, T be ve made 
all the references to my paper in di Conn. Aead., v, on Pi Cephalopods of 
the Northeastern “Coast of America.” Of this, Part I ( , 14 pl.), relat- 
ing to the large species, was poblished December. 1879 to ‘March, 1880. <A still 
more detailed report by me on the same subject is contained in the Saath 0 
the U. S. Fish Commission for 1879, not eon issued. Many of the statements 
and omer aa quoted are also contained in several of my former action in this 
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