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Stoloteuthis leucoptera Verrill.— Butterfly Squid. 



Sepiola leucoptera Verrill, Amer. Journ. Sci., vol. xvi, p. 378, 1878, vol. xix, 

 p. 291, pi. 15, tigs. 4 and 5, Aijril, 1880; Traus. Conn. Acad., v, p. 347, 

 pi. 31, figs. 4 and .5, pi. 54, fig. 4, June, 1881. 

 Stoloteuthis leucoptera Verrill, Trans. Conn. Acad., v, p. 418, Oct., 1881: Rep. 

 on Cephalop. [p. 165], pi. 36, figs. 1, !«, 2, 1882. 

 Stations 947, 952, 998, 999, 1020 (3 jnv.); 182-388 fathoms. 



OCTOPODA Leach. 



Alloposus mollis Verrill. 



Alloposus mollis Verrill, 1880 ; Trans. Conn. Acad., v, p. 366, pi. .50, figs. 1, la, 



2, 2a, pi. 51, figs. 3, 4, 1881; Rep. on Cepbalop. [p. 181], pi. 39, figs. 1, 

 1«, 2, •2a ; pi. 42, fig. 7 ; pi. 44, fig. 1, 1882. 



This has occurred in 197 to 715 fathoms. 



Two remarkably large female specimens of this species were taken in 

 1881, each weighing about 20 pounds. These occurred at stations 937 

 and 994, in 506 and 3C8 fathoms. The length was 812>^™ (32 inches) to 

 the tips of the arms. It was taken by Captain Tanner off Chesapeake 

 Bay and off" Delaware Bay, in 300 and in 197 fathoms. 



Octopus lentus Verrill. 



Trans. Conn. Acad., v, p. 37.5, pi. 35, figs. 1, 2, 9 , pl. 51, fig. 2<?, 1881 ; Rep. 

 on Cepbalop. [p. 191], pl. 43, figs. 1, 2, ? , pl. 44, fig. 2, ^ , 1882. 

 Off the Carolina coasts, 464 to 603 fathoms, Blake Exp.,— A. Agas- 

 siz, 1880. 



Eledone verrucosa Verrill. 



Eledone verrucosa \evii\\, Bull. Mus'. Conip. Zool.,viii, p. 105, pl. 5, 6,1881; 

 Trans. Conn. Acad., v, p. 360, pl. 52, 53,1881 ; Rep. on Cephalop. [p.l83], 

 pl. 44, figs. 3, 3a, 1382. 

 South of George's Bank, 810 fathoms; off :N^autuckeT, 400 futhoms; 

 Blake Exp.,— A. Agassiz, 1880. 



GASTROPODA. 



IJHACniGLOSSA. 



Margiuella caruea Storer (?)• 



Marginella caruea Storer, Journ. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist., i, p. 465, pl. 9, figs. 



3, 4, 1837. 



Marginella roscida'^ Verrill, Amer. Journ. Sci., xs, p. 391, Nov., 1880; Proc. 

 U. S. Nat. Mus., iii, p. 369, 1880. 



Our shell has a somewhat higher and more acute spire than the one 

 figured by Storer, and the callus does no>t reach its summit. There are 

 four prominent folds on the columella, the two anterior ones very ob- 

 lique. The color is not preserved. 



A single dead specimen was taken off' Martha's Vineyard, at station 

 805, in 05 fathoms, 1880. Another specimen, also dead, but more per- 

 fect, was taken, in 1881, at station 949, in 100 fathoms. Key West, 

 Florida, — Storer. 



