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COLOSSAL CEPHALOPODS. 



specimens, one of which (No. 1 in my former articles) was found 

 floating at the Banks of Newfoundland, and the other (which we 

 will designate as No. 10) was taken from the stomach of a sperm 

 whale. The upper jaw of the latter was imperfectly figured by 

 Dr. Packard in his article referred to above, and it is the largest 

 jaw yet known. These belong to an apparently undescribcd spe- 

 cies, which I propose to name Architeuthis princeps? and shall 

 describe more fully farther on. It is readily distinguished from 

 the following by the blacker, thicker, stronger and more incurved 

 beaks, and especially by the large and very prominent tooth or 

 projection, arising from the margin of the cutting edges of the 

 ala?, on the lower jaw. The body appears to have been relatively 

 much longer than in the following species. 



The second species, which I consider identical with the Archi- 

 teuthis monachus of Steenstrup, is more fully represented by parts 

 of three individuals, and seems to be the species most commonly 

 met with on the coasts of Newfoundland and Labrador. 



The most complete specimen (fig. 1) that has ever come under 

 scientific observation was captured in November, 1873, at Louie 

 Bay, near St. John's, Newfoundland. It became entangled in 

 herring-nets and was secured by the fishermen with some diilkulty 



mutilated and severed from the body, and the eyes, most of the 

 siphon-tube, and the front edge of the mantle were destroyed. 

 Fortunately this specimen was secured by the Rev. M. Harvey of 

 St. John's. After it had been photographed and measured, he 

 attempted to preserve it entire in brine, but this was found to be 

 ineffectual, and after decomposition had begun to destroy some of 

 the most perishable parts, he took it from the brine and, dividing 

 it into several portions, preserved such parts as were still unde- 

 composed in strong alcohol. These various portions are now in 

 my possession, and with the photographs have enabled me to pre- 



creature (fig. 1). In this figure the eyes, ears, siphon-tube, and 

 front edge of the mantle have been restored from a small squid 

 (Loligo pallida) to which this gigantic species seems to be nearly 



