. Transactions and proceedings of the New Zealand Institute . Polypus kekmadecensis, $.Dorsal View. lace p. 138.] Trans. Inst., Vol. XLVI. Plate Polypus kermadecensis, $.Ventral View. Behry.—Cephalopods from the Ktrwadec Islands. 139 length Dorsal length, of mantle, excluding webDorsal length of mantle, including webWidth of mantle, excluding webMaximum width of webWidth of neckWidth of headLength of funnel . .Length of right dorsal armLength of left dorsal armLength of right second armLength of left second armLength of right third armLength of left third armLeng

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. Transactions and proceedings of the New Zealand Institute . Polypus kekmadecensis, $.Dorsal View. lace p. 138.] Trans. Inst., Vol. XLVI. Plate Polypus kermadecensis, $.Ventral View. Behry.—Cephalopods from the Ktrwadec Islands. 139 length Dorsal length, of mantle, excluding webDorsal length of mantle, including webWidth of mantle, excluding webMaximum width of webWidth of neckWidth of headLength of funnel . .Length of right dorsal armLength of left dorsal armLength of right second armLength of left second armLength of right third armLength of left third armLength of right ventral armLength of left ventral arm .Length of umbrella between dorsal armsLength of umbrella between ventral arms 43 50 209 10 17 18172181151150114127 91 +127 28 18 The only specimen seen is a small female ( 399). Nevertheless,it presents so remarkable a combination of characters that there seemslittle risk in describing it as new. It necessarily recalls the Pinnocotopuscordiformis (Quoy and Gaimard) of New Zealand, but in that species thebody is said to be tuberculated, and the arms are of nearly equal ,

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