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New species. — Kophobelemnon scabrum, pi. l.figs. 5-5c, p. 7; Aeanella spicu- 

 losa, p. 17; Aeanella simplex, p. 17; Lepidisis caryophyllia, pi. iv, figs. 

 1-lc, p. 18; Lepidisis longiflora, pi. iv, figs. 4, 4a, p. 19; Lepidisis 

 vitrea, p. 20; Dasygorgia Agassizii, pi. ii, figs, 4-45, p. 22; Dasygorgia 

 elegans, p. 23; Dasygorgia spiculosa, pi. ii, fig. 5, p. 23; Dasygorgia 

 8quamata, p. 24 ; Dasygorgia splendetis, p. 25 ; Chrysogorgia Fewkesii, 

 p. 26 ; Iridogorgia Pourlalcsii, pi. ii, figs. 7 la, p. 27 ; Prtmnoa Pour- 

 talesii, pi. ii, figs. 2-2e, p. 28 ; Stenogorgia casta, pi. ii, figs. 1-16, p. 30; 

 Acanthogorgia muricata,ip. 34; Paramuricea grandis, pi. iii, figs. 3-36, 

 p. 37 ; Paramuricea tenuis, p. 38 ; Eunicella modesta, pi. ii, fig. 3, p. 39; 

 Gersemia longiflora, pi. iii, figs, 6, 66, p. 44 ; Sagartia, Acanellce, pi. vi, 

 figs. 2, 2a, p. 46; Actinauge nodosa, Verrill, var. coronata, nov., pi. vi, 

 figs. 8, 8a, p. 53; var. tuberculosa, nov., pi. vi, fig. 7, p. 53; Actinauge lon- 

 gicorn is Verrill, var. Caribcea, nov., p. 55 ; Actinauge nexilis, pi. vi, figs.4, 

 5, p. 55. 



Verrill, A. E. — Reports on the results of dredging, under the super- 

 vision of Alexander Agassiz, in the Gulf of Mexico and in the Carib- 

 bean Sea (1878-79), by the U. S. Coast Survey steamer " Blake," 

 Lieut.-Commander C. D. Sigsbee, U. S. X., and Commander J. R. 

 Bartlett, IT. S. N., commanding. XXIV. — Supplementary report 

 on the " Blake" Cephalopods, by A. E. Verrill. 



(Bull. Mils. Comp. Zool., at Harvard College, No. 5, 1683, XI, pp. 105-115, 

 pi. 1-3.) 



Two new genera — Xectoteuthis (p. 108) and Opisthoteuilns (p. 113) — are de- 

 fined, and four new species are described as follows : 



Nectoteuth is Pourtalesii, pi. iii, figs. 1-1 b, p. 108; Possia brachyura, pi. iii, 

 fig. 2, p. 110; Octopus pictus, pi. iii, fig. 3, p. 112; Opisihoteuthis Agassizii, pi. 

 1, fig. 1, pi. ii, fig. 1, p. 113. 



Four additional species are described, whicb bave also been taken by the 

 U. S. Fish Commission. They are Abralia megalops Verrill, Sthenoteuthis Bar- 

 tramii (Les.) Verr.(?), Cheiroteuthis lacertosaYetT., and Heteroteuthis teneraYevT. 

 The plates are pboto-lithographs from drawings by J. H. Emerton. 



Descriptions of two species of Octopus from California. 



(Bull. Mus. Comp. Zoology at Harvard College, No. 6, 1883, XI, pp. 117-124, 

 pi. iv-vi.) 



The two species described are: Octopus punctatus Gabb, pi. iv, pi. v, fig. 2, 

 p. 117 ; and Octopus bimaculalus Verrill, ep. nov., pi. v, figs. 1-la, pi. vi, p. 121. 



The descriptions were partly drawn up from specimens furnished by the 

 National Museum. The plates are photo-lithographs, from drawings by J. H. 

 Emerton. 



Recent explorations in the region of the Gulf Stream off the 



eastern coast of the United States by the U. S. Fish Commission. 



(Science, 1883, vol. I, pp. 443-447, 531-534 ; vol. n, pp. 153-155; eight wood- 

 cuts, charts and diagrams.) 



Descriptive of the physical and other characteristics of the regions ex- 

 plored, and of the various appliances used, with a brief account of tbe ani- 

 mal life. The paper is divided into the following sections: 1. Introductory 

 (historical); 2. Physical features of the region; 3. Influence of the Gulf 

 Stream ; 4. Nature and origin of the deposits ; 5. Fossiliferous magnesian lime- 

 stone nodules. 



Walker, S. T.— Fish mortality in the Gulf of Mexico. 



(Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., July 27, 1883, vol. VI, 1883, pp. 105-109.) 

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