THE ECONOMIC MOLLUSCA OF ACADIA. 29' 



Works op Reference. 



The Cephalopods of the North-eastern Coast of America. 

 By A. E. Verrill. Part II., The Smaller Cephalopods. 

 Trans. Connecticut Academy of Arts and Scie^ices, Vol. 

 v., 1880, pp. 259-446. Also in Rep. U. S. Fish Commis- 

 sion for 1879 (published 188--2), pp. 211-450. Also short 

 paper in American Naturalist, Vol. VIII., 1874, pp. 

 167-174. 



The Squid of the Newfoundland Banks in its relation to the- 

 American Grand Bank Cod Fisheries. By H. L. Osborn. 

 American Naturalist, Vol. XV., 1881, pp. 366-372. 



Natural History of Useful Aquatic Animals. Pp. 687, et seqv 



2. Loligo Pealei Lesueur. 

 Long-finned Squid. 



{Loligo, the ancient name; Pealei, for R. Peale of Philadelphia.] 



Distribution, (a) General ; — South Carolina to Massa- 

 chusetts Bay. Cape Ann, St. Croix Eiver. 

 {h) In Acadia ; — St. Croix River. 



[In June, 1886, the writer found two specimens of this- 

 species in a weir at the Devil's Head in the St. Croix Eiver. 

 The only other evidence of its presence in our waters that 

 we have been able to gather, has been obtained from Mr. 

 Henry Fry e, of Frye's Island, Charlotte County, a close and 

 accurate observer of all such matters. He says that we have 

 in our waters two kinds of Squid, the " short-tailed and the 

 long-tailed." The former must be 0. illecehrosa, and the 

 latter can be only the species we are considering. It had 

 not previously been known to naturalists to occur north of 

 Cape Ann, and its distribution and relative abundance in 

 our waters are entirely unknown. 



It is altogether likely that the specimens from the St. 

 Croix Eiver belong to the variety borealis of Verrill, which- 

 the latter established for his specimens from Cape Ann, and 

 which he calls "nothing more than a local or geographical 

 variety."] 



