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Cephalopods of larger dimensions than the Squid described 

 in this paper have occasionally occurred on the British coast, 

 and two gigantic Cuttle-fishes have been recorded from the 

 coast of Ireland. To the Zoologist, '^nly, 1875, the late Mr. 

 A. G. More contributed a notice of a gigantic Cephalopod, 

 19 feet long, which was stranded at Dingle. Kerry, 200 years 

 ago. The short arms were described as being 6 to 8 feet in 

 length, and as thick as a man's leg, and the long arms as 

 thick as a man's arm, but unfortunately mutilated so that 

 their length could not be determined. In April, 1875, another 

 gigantic Cephalopod was met with on the coast of Inish- 

 bofin, Connemara, and some account of it was given by Mr. 

 A. G. More in the Atmals and Maoaziiie of Natural History, 

 1875. The short arms were 8 feet long, and the long tenta- 

 cular arms were said to have been 30 feet ; the beak of this 

 Cuttle-fish is preserved in the Dublin Museum. Both these 

 Cuttle-fishes belong to the genus Architeuthis, but their 

 specific determination is uncertain, though generally regarded 

 as Architeuthis mo7iachus. 



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