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laterally by the enormous eyes which look outwards and forwards, 
and have bright, prominent, glistening lenses. 
The Arms are unequal, the order of length being 4, 3, 2, 1, and 
about one-fourth the length of the body : they are all conical and 
taper to slender points ; each has a distinct angle along the outer side, 
which expands to a distinct web in the fourth pair ; there is also a 
very narrow delicate web along each side of the sucker bearing face. 
The suckers are very minute, pedunculate, and are arranged in two 
rows, almost embedded in the arm : they are spheroidal, and have 
a smooth horny ring, surrounded by two or three rows of conical 
papillae. The hedocotylus was not present. The buccal membrane 
is very large, has the usual seven points, connected by ligaments 
with the arms ; each joint bears one or two suckers. 
The Tentacles are almost equal in length to the head and body 
together ; the stem is very slender, cylindrical, and grooved along the 
inner aspect ; they taper away rapidly towards the extremity, no 
club being formed : the suckers cover only the distal eighth of 
the tentacle in its inner aspect ; they are smaller than those of the 
sessile arms, and almost imperceptible to the naked eye; they are 
urn-shaped, and have a smooth horny ring, surrounded by about two 
rows of very small papillae. 
The Surface is covered with minute wrinkles, probably due to the 
action of the spirit. 
The Colour is a very deep purplish brown. 
The Gladius was unfortunately somewhat damaged ; for the 
anterior two-thirds it resembles that of an Ommastrephes , but 
posteriorly it expands into a broad blade, resembling that of Loligo ; 
it was impossible to ascertain whether it forms a terminal cone. 
Hab. Southern Ocean (Station 147), 1600 fathoms. One 
specimen, sex ? 
7. Some Stereoscopic Photographs, &c., were exhibited by the 
Astronomer Royal for Scotland. 
