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occurs with sinuata at Victoria and has been dredged at Ganges Harbour 

 and Comox by Dr. Newcombe, and in Forward Bay (a single specimen) 

 by Dr. Dawson. 



KATHEEINA, Gray. 



.34'7. Katherina tunicata, Wood, sp. 



Chiton tunicatus, W.ood, Gen. Conch., pi. ii., fig. 1 (1815>. 



This is a most abundant chiton on nearly all parts of our coasts. It 

 occurs on the rocks between tides and is collected for food by the Indians 

 and is occasionally seen exposed for sale in the Yictoria fish stores. 



The only locality in which I have failed so far to find K. tunicata, 

 is Nanaimo. During four days collecting there last July, neither Pro- 

 fessor Macoun or myself observed a single specimen; M. ciliata, as above 

 noted, was also absent. 



CEYPTOCHITON, Middendorff. 

 348. Crtptochiton Stelleri, Middendorff. 



Chiton Stelleri, Midd., Bull. Acad. Sci. St. Peters., vol. vi., no. 8, p. 116 (April, 1847) ; 

 Mai. Ross., pt. 1, p. 37, 93, no. 1, pi. i. to ix. (1847). 



This king among chitons is not uncommon in British Columbia, 

 though by no means so plentiful as some others of our species. 



It is usually found in the early spring upon the rocks at low water. 

 A large specimen will measure nearly twelve inches in length. 



CEPHALOPODA. 



OCTOPUS, Lamarck. 



349. Octopus punotatus, Gabb. 



Proc. Cal. Acad. Nat. Sci., 1862, p. 170. 



Carpenter records this species, with a query, as having been 

 collected in Puget Sound by Kennerley, and in the same neighbourhood 

 by Swan, and 1 suppose that we are correct in applying the name to the 

 large Octopus that abounds near Victoria and which is, with the Indians, 

 a much esteemed article of food. 



ONYCHOTEUTHIS, Lichtenstein . 



350. Onychoteuthis fusiformis, Gabb. 



Proc. Cal. Acad. Nat. Sci., 1862, p. 171. 



This like the last species is given by Dr. Carpenter, with a query, 

 as from Puget Sound (Kennerley), and I have a single specimen, which 



