408 A. JR. Verrill — Mollusca of the Neio ^England Coast. 



The total length of this specimen is 43"'"' ; posterior end of body to 

 gill-opening, 13"'"'; breadth of body at fins, 13"'"'; length of fins, 

 9™™; breadth, 4*5"'™ ; breadth of head aci'oss eyes, l^ni"'; diameter 

 of eye, 7""" ; from center of eye to tip of dorsal arms, 34'"™ ; to edge 

 of web between dorsal arms, 23'""' ; to tip of lateral arms, 31"""; to 

 edge of lateral web, 21"'"'. 



Station 2,220, N. lat. 39° 43' 30", W. long. 69° 23', in 1,054 fathoms, 

 (No. 39,916). 



This species appears to be closely related to C. plena in most 

 respects, but has a very much smaller and shorter body, larger 

 and relatively much longer fins, and the eyes are relatively smaller. 

 The suckers are also smaller, more prominent, and less closely 

 arranged, while the cirri are somewhat longer and more slender. 

 The color of the body and arms is also much darker, and the texture 

 less gelatinous. 



Opisthoteuthis Agassizii Verrill. 



Supplement to the Cephalopoda of the Blake Exp., p. 113, pi. 1, fig. 1, pi. 2, fig. 1, 

 Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., vol. xi, No. 6, 1883. 



A specimen apparently belonging to this remarkable species was 

 taken at station 2,196, N. lat. 39° 35', W. long. 70° 03', in 1,058 

 fathoms, green mud and stones (No. 39,915). Although in good con- 

 dition when taken, it was accidentally left too long in sea-water until 

 decomposition had commenced, consequently the greater part of the 

 body and the contained viscera were destroyed. The body seems to 

 have been short and rounded. The lateral fins are narrow, elongated, 

 slightly broadest in the middle, tapered to the blunt tij^s, with the 

 edges thin. They are situated just behind and in contact with the 

 posterior side of the eyes. The eyes are exceedingly large, occupy- 

 ing nearly the whole breadth of the head, nearly spherical, with the 

 external opening rather large, and with a thin lid on the lower side. 

 The siphon is prominent, elongated, somewhat tapered, and projects 

 backward and upwai'd behind the posterior end of the body. The 

 gill-opening is moderate in size, simple, with a thin, brown margin, 

 and is situated between the siphon and the postero-ventral surface 

 of the body, so that it opens upward and backward, when the crea- 

 ture is in a creeping position. The arms are nearly equal in size and 

 length, not very long, but with slender tips, moderately stout, espe- 

 cially toward the base, well rounded, the inner face without any 

 well-defined margins. The web, as ])reserve(l in alcohol, extends 



