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Cat Island, Bahamas,- January 15, 1923. Three specimens, caught 

 on the south coast of Cuba, February 14, 1923. 

 Sepioteuthis sloanii Leach. 



Two specimens, caught in Turtle Harbor, Florida. 

 Octopus verrilli Hoyle. 



Three specimens, dredged in 200 fms., off Miami, March 31, 1926. 

 Octopus vulgaris Lamarck. 



One specimen, Bimini, Bahamas Islands, March, 1924. One, taken 

 at Miami, Florida. The cut-off arm of a specimen which resisted 

 capture and attacked one of the sailors on the schooner "Sonia" while 

 the boat was crossing from Bimini to Miami Beach, Florida. This 

 specimen was probably between seven and eight feet umbrella diam- 

 eter. The naturalist of the "Sonia," Mr. L. L. Mowbray, reported 

 that the octopus was basking in the sunlight close to the surface, as 

 if asleep, when first sighted. A mother octopus, with umbrella diam- 

 eter of about ten inches, and her brood of 522 young, seven of which 

 are not fully escaped from the egg-capsule; taken from loggerhead 

 sponge, Knight's Key, Florida, dredging 2 fms., March 6, 1925. Two 

 young specimens, Le Mole, Carenge Bay, Haiti, February 5, 1924. 

 One very minute young specimen, taken in 34 fms., off Fowey Rock 

 Light, Florida, April 26, 1922. One large specimen, Bimini, British 

 West Indies. Another large specimen, Miami, Florida, 1923. One 

 very young specimen, Cualeo Reales Channel, Cuba, February 18, 

 1923. One large octopus, caught by hand in rock crevice, Miami, 

 Florida, no. 10, lot B. 

 Ischnochiton (Stenoplax) limaciformis Sowerby. 



One specimen, dredged in 5 fms., American Shoal Light, Florida. 

 Tethys dactylomela (Rang). 



One specimen, off American Shoal Light, Florida, 6 fms., March 

 23, 1924. 



Dolabrifera virens Verrill. 



One, taken at the surface, 15 miles east of Casilda, Cuba, February 

 14, 1923. 



TROPICAL AMERICAN PACIFIC MOLLUSCAN FAUNA. 



Onychoteuthis banksii Leach. 



One young specimen, taken 17 miles S. W. of Pinta Island, Gala- 

 pagos, January 31, 1928. 

 Pyrgopsis schneehageni (Pfeffer). 



Two specimens, dredged in 300 fms., 50 miles S. W. off Cape Mala, 

 Panama, March 16, 1926. Very rare. 



