CEPHALOPODA. 219 



Me. — Casco Bay; Mt. Desert; Eastport. 



Mass. — Gloucester; Salem; Provineetown; Vineyard Sound. 



R. I. — Newport. 



Sthenoteuthis megaptera (Verrill). 



Verrill, Trans. Conn. Acad., 1880, vol. 5, p. 223, pi. 21, figs. 1-9. 

 Architeuthis megaptera Verrill, Amer. Joum. Sci., 1878, ser. 3, 

 vol. 16, p. 207. " Cape Sable, N. S." 



Gulf of Maine. — " Cast ashore, during a severe gale, near Cape 

 Sable" (Verrill); Georges Bank, from a codfish. 



CHIROTEUTHID AE . 



Chiroteuthis lacertosa Verrill. 



Verrill, Trans. Conn. Acad., 1881, vol. 5, p. 408, pi. 56, figs. 1-lf . 

 " Brown's Bank, off Nova Scotia." 



Chiroteuthis howplandi (f) Verrill, Trans. Conn. Acad., 1881, vol. 5, 

 p. 299 (rion Verany). 



Gulf of Maine. — Brown's Bank, from the stomach of a cod 

 (Verrill). 



Brachioteuthis beanii Verrill. 



Verrill, Trans. Conn. Acad., 1881, vol. 5, p. 406, pi. 55, figs. 3- 

 3b; pi. 56, figs. 2-2a. " off Martha's Vineyard." 



Mass. — Off Marthas Vineyard, in 183 to 368 fathoms; all from 

 fish stomachs (Verrill). 



HISTIOTEUTHIDAE . 



Histioteuthis collinsii Verrill. 



Verrill, Amer. Joum. Sci., 1879, ser. 3, vol. 17, p. 241. " off 

 Nova Scotia." Verrill, Trans. Conn. Acad., 1880-81, vol. 5, 

 pp. 234, 300, 404, pis. 22, 26; pi. 27, figs. 3-5; pi. 37, fig. 5. 



Georges Bank, northeastern part, in 180 fathoms. 



