Excerpt from Descriptions of Some New and Rare Cephalopoda The terminal fins, which appear to have been lacerated in Granch'e specimen, were entire in ours; they are of a regularly rounded form, approximated on the dorsal aspect, and united at their bases, the united part extending about a line beyond the end of the mantle they are not supported by cartilages, as in Loligo, but appear to be mere redu plications of the integument. The head is principally composed of the large lateral prominent eyes; the circum ference of the cornea is marked with a circle of closely approximated large dark spots. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.