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action, and all the soft parts gradually dissolved, but without putrefac- 
tion.” 
North American Oniscida. — M. A. Stuxberg has a paper on the North 
American oniscida in the “ Ofversigt K. V. Ak. Forhandlingar,” 1875, No. 
2, Stockholm, reviewing the described species, and adding descriptions of 
several new species. 
Another gigantic Cuttle-Jish has been described in “ Silliman’s American 
Journal ” (Sept.) by Professor A. E. Verrill. He states that the Rev. M. 
Harvey had been informed by Mr. G. Simms that he (Mr. S.) u examined 
the creature a few hours after it went ashore, but not before it had been 
mutilated by the removal of the tail by the fishermen, who finally cut it up 
as food for their numerous dogs ; and that the long tentacular arms were 26 
feet long and 16 inches in circumference (probably meaning at their broad 
terminal portion) ; the short arms were i one-third as long as the long ones, 
and about the same in circumference ; the back of the head or neck was 36 
inches in circumference ’ (evidently meaning the head, behind the basis of 
the arms); the length of the body ‘from the junction to the tail’ was 10 
feet (apparently meaning from the anterior edge of the mantle to the origin 
of the caudal fins). He thinks the tail, which had been removed, was 
about one-third as long as the body, but this is probably over-estimated, 
judging from the Logie Bay specimen (No. 5 of Professor Verriirs former 
papers), in which it was about one-fifth, but it may have been cut off 
above its proper base. Allowing one-fifth also for the length of the head, 
the total length would be about 40 feet, the head and body together being 
about 14. The large sucker, in my possession, is 1 inch in diameter across 
the denticulated rim, and in form and structure agrees closely with those 
previously described and figured by me from the tentacular arms of Nos. 4 
and 5. The jaws are still attached together in their natural position by the 
cartilages. They agree very closely in form with the large jaws of Archi- 
teuthis princeps , but they are about one- tenth smaller. The upper jaw 
measures lll mm in height (front to back); 88 mm from tip of beak to front 
edge of palatine laminae ; 20 mm from tip of beak to the base of the notch. 
The lower jaw measures 96 mm in total length; 80 mBl from tip of beak to 
front edge of laminae ; 19 mm from tip to base of notch. From the close 
agreement of these jaws with those of A. princeps, there can be very little 
doubt that they belong to that species ; and if so the measurements given 
will be of great importance as affording additional knowledge of the approxi- 
mate form and proportions of this the largest known species.” 
