140 A. K Verrlll — Mollusca of the iVev England Coast. 



The original assorting and preservation of the deep-sea specimens 

 taken by the Albatross was laigely done by Mr. Sanderson Smith, 

 who went on all the cruises of the Albatross, except a few of the 

 earliest. He was assisted by several other members of the party, 

 and especially by Ensign W. E. Saffbrd, U. S. N. 



My work has also been particularly facilitated by the care and 

 skill with which the final assorting, cataloguing, and labeling of the 

 large collections have been done V)y my assistant, Miss K, J. l>ush, who 

 has, also, made many identifications of the described species, and 

 given aid in other ways. 



When the various lots were first examined and assorted, at Wood's 

 Holl, last summer, during the dredging season, many of the new 

 species, especially the largest and most striking, were recognized as 

 forms not before observed on our coast, both by Mr. Sanderson Smith, 

 who had special charge of the shells, and myself. For such species, 

 in this article, " Verrill and Smith " are usually given as authorities, 

 but the writer is alone responsible for the descriptions of all the 

 species, as in his previous papers on the same subject. 



Some of the previously known species, first discovered on our 

 coast last summer, were first identified by Mr. Smith, and others by 

 Miss Bush, but the writer has independently examined and confirmed 

 all such species, given in this paper. 



CEPHALOPODA. 



LeptOteuthis Verrill, gen. nov. 



Body elongated and slender, pointed behind, with a well developed 

 terminal fin. Head relatively large, much elongated. Eyes not ex- 

 sert, with simple thin lids. Mantle free dorsally, with a special dor- 

 sal and two lateral connective cartilages ; the lateral ones simple, 

 tubercle-like, corresponding to a roundish cartilage-pit on each side 

 of the siphon. Arms slender, the ventral ones much the largest and 

 longest. Suckers depressed, in two rows. Tentacular arms rather 

 long, slender, with a somewhat ex))anded terminal club, bearing sim- 

 ple suckers, and with a row of small sessile suckers and rounded warts 

 along the whole length of the inner surface of the slender portion. 

 Gills and viscera anteriorly situated. Stomach short, with a saccular 

 appendage. 



This genus has, hitherto, not been distinguished from Leachia and 

 Loligopsis. Fi'om the typical forms of these groups it ditters greatly 

 in anatomical characters, as well as in external appearance. From 



