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latter the sucker-rings of the ventral arms are at most only 
same article, Professor Owen has given a good figure 
(pl. 33, bg. 2), of the tentacular arm of the Newfoundland speci- 
men (my N 0. 2), copied from the same photograph described by 
me (see Ceph. N. E. Am., 18}, 182, 208, 209). To this he 
applies the name, Architeuthis princeps,* without giv ing an y 
nee 
togr aph the specimen, on which that se was based. He 
apparently (on p. 162), supposes that both photographs and Mr. 
two series of measurements refer to the same specimen, 
which is by no means the case, as had been snficiontly explained 
by mé, in several former a 
e brief account, given by Professor Owen, of the large 
pialeneds aaa ibed by others includes none additional to 
those noticed in my report. On the other hand he omits those 
described by Harting ; a described by Mr. Kirk, from New 
Zealand ; and several other 
Professor Owen has peed a description - colored figure of a 
cephalopod without locality, under the name of Ommastrephes 
ensifer, for which he proposes the siuguverio! name Xiphoteuthis. 
The latter name is, however, preoceupied by Huxley. His species 
is a typical example of my genus Sthenoteuthis (1880) and appears 
to be identical in every respect with S. pteropus (see Ceph. N. E. 
Amer., pp. 228-233, pl. 55, figs. 2, 2a and pl. 36, figs. 5-9), from 
Bermuda. But Professor Owen fails to mention one of the most 
characteristic right ot this group of squids, viz., the connective 
tubercles and smooth suckers on the proximal part of the tentacu- 
ar club, nor is his figure sufficiently detailed to indicate this char- 
* By a singular oe a Professor Owen, on p. 163, ne that this species was 
named A, princeps by Dr. Packard, in February, 18 1873. But according to his own 
statement on p. 161, the sar was not actually obtained till December, 1873, 
at least nine months a . Packard's pie. was printed. In truth, the name 
princeps was first given by = in 1875, to designate a Lage of very large jaws. 
Neither this nor any othe er name appears on the cited page of Dr, Packare s arti- 
cle, preg = Sa ewhere soferied th the sity jaws doubtfully to A, cosgirir 
I credible that Professor Owen could have made these istakes, had 
he aie examined either of my former papers, in which these akin (with 
several others), have been described in detail with man figures, not only from 
the photographs, but from the preserved specimen s, however, 
refer to my pape the Trans. Conn. Acad., vol tes (p. 162) 
that in it ‘‘a brief notice is given o ey’s squid,” it is fair to suppose that 
the reference is taken at second-hand, for it is not hat he would 
have considered sixteen pages of text, accompanied by five plates, a “brie 
notice, 
