10 AUSTRALASIAN ANTARCTIC EXPEDITION. 
Color in alcohol a pale brownish cream; the eyes and oral aspect of the umbrella 
slate colored; while the few remaining fragments of the original integument are of a 
dark reddish hue. 
Measurements : “mm 
AURA Stee soonsedulyubapehoucodu anon ddnanosuecapgdd 32 
Edge of posterior fold to base of dorsal arms ................ 15 
NMG OMiieh: conde anecacenboganannonboneepyons ocaaed 2he 9 
Wid GhYacrossyfinis ween resets re eT RrOT Ot. Aitisr eee eT ey 28 
Waclinairiidb nit <6 se oosobccgagcoedu ou nopadrenooounuts 8 
Wkeheyn Iiygdn OE 35 ec boob ondendugoe SUG cess soyonerdons 6:5 
Maximum width of posterior fold .......................... 3 
AWatehdiekenestintdice ohsgdoucnesounb ont ct oumunsosndaguscesas 8 
WAIN CoE IS co ot Rooosooerzsuotsericomoapesydcopmcts 9 
Length of funnel .......-----1-+ eee e eee e reese seen foe 3°5 
17 
Length of dorsal arms .....--..-.--++-+++--e eee s sess eee 
Type.—Cat. No. C. 40886 of the Australian Museum [S.S.B. 447]. 
Type Locality.—Station IT., Lat. South 66° 55’, Long. Hast 145° 21’, 288-300 fathoms, 
ooze bottom, off the Mertz Glacier Tongue, Adelie Land; bottom temp. —1-8° C.; 
December 28th, 1913; one specimen, in company with Moschites adelieana. 
4 basta: pact SOME 
Fig. 4.—Stauroteuthis mawsone. 
Sucker 11 of right dorsal arm. x 36. 
Remarks.—As the single specimen seems doubtless a very young one, there has been 
some natural hesitation about naming and describing it, but the possession of the curious 
posterior fold, a very singular feature in this group of cephalopods, and the excellent 
preservation of the creatures seem decisive for the wisdom of this course. The longer 
body, much larger fins, and more anterior position of the eye amply distinguish this 
specimen from the Kermadec Island juvenal identified with his S. meangensis by Hoyle 
(86, p. 65, pl. 9, figs. 12, 13), and I have encountered nothing else in the literature 
suggesting the necessity of special comparison. 
