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and prominent ; they consist of a larger darkly pigmented spheroid, 
from which protrudes the opaque white smaller spherical lens. 
The Arms are unequal; the longest (the third pair) are almost as 
long as the body, and are nearly twice as long as the fourth, which 
are the shortest, the order of length being 3, 2, 1, 4; they taper 
rapidly to fine points. The umbrella is very small, extending about 
one-fourth np the dorsal and ventral arms, a little further up the 
dorso-lateral and lateral arms, and being least developed in the space 
between the ventral and ventro-lateral arms. The suckers have 
assumed, owing to shrinking, a quadrangular or triangular form ; they 
are prominent, and marked by two constrictions, one at the base, 
separating them from the arm, the other rather more than halfway 
up. There is no trace of any hedocotylus. 
The Surface appears to have been smooth originally, but the 
epithelium has been to a great extent stripped off. 
The Colour is very pale yellowish-grey, marked with numerous 
longitudinally disposed oblong chromatophores. 
Habitat. — North of Papua (Station 220) ; surface. 1 specimen, 
sex? 
Cirroteuthis, Eschricht. 
•" Cirroteuthis magna , Hoyle. 
Cirroteuthis magna, Hoyle, Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 5, vol. 
xv. p. 233, 1885. 
The Body is oblong, about twice as long as broad, and rather 
broader than deep. The mantle-opening is circular, but little larger 
than the base of the siphon, and its margins are continuous with two 
ridges on the sides of the latter. The siphon is conical, and 
slightly swollen at the tip ; it is not connected to the head by 
ligaments. The fins are obovate in form, about four times as long 
as broad, and thickened along the posterior margin. The dorsal 
cartilage is saddle-shaped, and elongated from side to side, not 
antero-posteriorly. 
The Head is directly continuous with, and somewhat narrower 
than the body ; the eyes are spheroidal, the lens spherical, and the 
palpebral opening circular. 
