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fourth. The suckers are in two series, pedunculate, oblique, notched 
distally, and somewhat larger on the lateral than on the other arms. 
The horny rings hear from five to seven large pointed teeth in their 
distal portion, but are smooth proximally. The hectocotylus is not 
present. The buccal membrane has the usual seven points, each of 
which carries two or three small suckers. The outer lip is thick and 
marked with radial grooves ; the inner was not seen. 
The Tentacle is slender, approximately cylindrical, and about two- 
thirds the length of the body ; its terminal fourth is occupied by 
the club , which is but little expanded, and has a delicate protective 
membrane along either side of the inner surface and a well-marked 
web externally. The large median suckers are about ten in number, 
and about twice as large as the alternating lateral ; the proximal are 
about twenty, and gradually increasing; the distal occupy nearly 
one half the club, and are in four series diminishing. The horny 
rings of the largest suckers have about twenty-four distant square 
pointed teeth, much longer on the distal margin ; the lateral ones 
have about half as many similar teeth on the outer margin, and the 
terminal suckers are armed in the same way. 
The Surface has been almost entirely denuded of skin. 
The Colour appears to have been pale buff with purple chromato- 
phores. 
The Gladius has not been extracted. 
Hab. Off Sandy Point, South America (Station 313), 55 fathoms. 
One specimen, apparently $ . 
Loligo galoiliece , Steenstrup, MS. 
Loligo galatheoe, Steenstrup, MS. 
,, ,, Hoyle, Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 5 vol. xvi. p. 
183, 1885. 
The Body is about three times as long as broad, cylindrical 
anteriorly, and pointed behind. The fin is rather less than half the 
length of the body,* about as long as broad, and with rounded 
lateral angles. The mantle-margin curves out rapidly to a triangular 
process in the dorsal median line, for the rest is almost transverse, 
except where it forms two obtuse angled processes, one at either side 
of the ventral emargination. 
* With respect to this and one or two other points in the description it must 
be remembered that the specimens are immature. 
