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from a single Fremontian specimen. The large class of annual 

 and perennial En'ogonece come forward in the latter part of May. 

 allusion to which must be deferred to a succeeding paper, together 



tains and alpine districts, south and west of St. George. 



THE COLOSSAL CEPHALOPODS OF THE NORTH 

 ATLANTIC. 



In a former article published in the Naturalist (vol. viii, p. 

 167, March, 1874) the writer gave a brief account of several 

 gigantic cuttle-fishes, or "squids," which have been observed or 

 captured at or near Newfoundland, 1 and in an earlier volume (vii, 

 p. 91) Dr. Packard gave an account of previous captures of 

 similar huge Cephalopods on the coasts of North America and 

 Europe. The existence of several distinct species of these colos- 

 sal ten-armed Cephalopods has been satisfactorily demonstrated 

 in the various papers that have been written upon the subject 

 both in Europe and America. Most of the specimens hitherto 

 obtained have been taken in the Atlantic Ocean, but at least one 

 gigantic species (Enoploteuthis unguiculata) inhabits the Indian 

 Ocean, while the origin of some of the described specimens is not 



In this article I propose to describe portions of five different 

 specimens of these monsters, now in my possession, and also to 

 give some account of five other specimens that have been observed 

 on our side of the Atlantic. 



The five specimens that I have been able to study evidently 

 belong to two quite distinct species, both of which belong to the 

 genus Architeuthis of Steenstrup (or Megaloteutkis of Kent). 

 The largest of these is represented only by the jaws of two 



