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New Terms Proposed. 



The following taxonomic terms are used for the first time in the 

 present paper: 



Moschites challengeri, new name (for Eledone verrucosa Hoyle, 1886, 



in part, not of Verrill, 1881). 

 Lampadioteuihidm, new family. 

 Lampadioteuthis megaleia, new genus and species. 

 Eucleoteuthis, new genus (for Symplectoteuthis luminosa Sasaki, 1915). 

 Megalocranchia /tardus, new species. 

 Verrilliteuthis, new genus (for Desmoteuthis Verrill, December, 1881, 



in part, not of Verrill, February, 1881). 



Systematic Review of the Species. 

 Order DIBRANCHIATA. 



Suborder OCTOPODA. 



Family CIRROTEUTHIDiE. 



Genus STAUROTEUTHIS Verrill, 1879. 



1. Stauroteuthis meangensis (Hoyle, 1885). 



188"). Cirroteuthis meangensis Hovle, Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist., (5), 15, 



].. 234. 

 188"). Cirroteuthis meangensis Hoyle, Proc. Roy. Soc. Edinb., 13, p. 111. 

 1880. Cirroteuthis meangensis Hoyle, Challenger Rep., p. 63, pi. 9, figs. 



12, 13: pi. 11, figs. 1.2; pi. 13, figs. 5, 6. 

 1904. Stauroteuthis meangensis Hoyle, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., 43, p. 5. 



One young specimen was taken by the Challenger in 600 fathoms, 

 north of the Kermadec Islands. 



Family AMPHITRETID^E. 

 Genus AMPHITRETUS Hoyle, 1885. 



2. Amphitretus pelagicus Hoyle, 1885. 



1885. Amphitretus pelagicus Hoyle, Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist., (5), 15, p. 235. 



1885. Amphitretus pelagicus Hoyle, Narrative Chall. Exp., 1, p. 271, fig. 106. 



1885. Amphitretus pelagicus Hoyle, Proc. Roy. Soc. Edinb., 13, p. 113, fig. 



1886. Amphitretus pelagicus Hoyle, Challenger Rep., p. 67, pi. 9, figs. 7-9. 



The type locality of this species is 29° 55' S. Lat., 178° 14' W. 

 Long., off the Kermadec Islands. Here one specimen was dredged 

 by the Challenger in 520 fathoms. 



Family ARGONAUTID^]. 

 Genus ARGONAUTA Linne\ 1758. 



3. Argonauta argo I.irme. 1758. 



1758. Argonauta Argo Linne, Syst. Nat., ed. X, p. 70S. 



1010. Argonauta argo lredale, Proc. Malac. Soc, 9, pp. 70, 72. 



1915. Argonauta argo Oliver, Trans. N. Z. Inst., 47, p. 560. 



lredale and Oliver record a few shells of this species washed up on 

 the beaches of Sunday Island. Comparison should probably be 

 made with .1. pacifica Dall and A. grand if ormis Perry. 



