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occidental one. One species comes from the Red Sea. The 

 remainder are all Indo-Pacific, two of them being Hawaiian. 

 From the waters of the western hemisphere, even in what would 

 seem entirely appropriate latitudes, the genus is as yet unknown. 

 Thus from the entire Atlantic beyond the gates of the Mediter- 

 ranean no member of the genus has been reported hitherto. 



Furthermore in regard to the behavior of the animal in life or 

 concerning even so much as its appearance at the time of capture 

 I have been able to discover no published information in as nearly 

 an exhaustive search as has been possible to me. What we know 

 or think we know of the natural history of this interesting animal 

 is almost entirely inferential or presumptive. 



In view of the situation outlined it is therefore a matter of 

 no small satisfaction to be able to report not alone a considerable 

 and important extension of the known geographic range of this 

 genus and species, but to record a few observations made by the 

 captors of the specimens, which throw a certain light on the 

 habits of the animal, are a welcome contribution after the nearly 

 blank record of the past eighty years, and are themselves withal 

 full of lively interest. For this my acknowledgment is due to the 

 gentlemen to be indicated, as well as to others later mentioned in 

 the course of this paper. 



When Professor T. D. A. Cockerell of the University of Colo- 

 rado returned to the United States from his Madeiran trip in 1921, 

 he brought with him various specimens of invertebrates, among 

 them as by no means the least of the treasures, three small squids. 

 These he generously turned over to me, with the word that they 

 were given him by Senhor A. C. de Noronha of Funchal. The 

 bottle containing them bore the following label in Sr. de Noronha's 

 hand: "Luminous. Caught during the night near the shore 

 rocks. Funchal. June 19, 1917." The three specimens proved 

 to include a beautifully preserved male and two females of the 

 rare Mediterranean enoploteuthid referred to in our preface, 

 Abralia veranyi. Through the kindness of Dr. Silvia Mortara I 

 have also been the fortunate recipient of one of her precious 

 Messina specimens, captured in November, 1921. A direct 

 comparison of the Funchal form with authentic Mediterranean 

 material has therefore been made possible. 



