CEPHALOPODA. 223 



Octopus granulatnsX evr'iW, Amer. Journ. Sci., 1878, ser. 3, vol. 16, 

 p. 210 {non Lamarck). 



Mass. — Vineyard Sound. 



ARGONAUTIDAE. 



Argonauta argo americana Dall. 



Ball, Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1889, no. 37, pp. 174, 200, pi. 43, 

 figs, la-b; pi. 64, fig. 142b; pi. 67, figs. 1-3. [southeastern 

 COAST United States.] 



Argonauta argo Verrill, Trans. Conn. Acad., 1881, vol. 5, pp. 364, 

 420; Ibid., 1884, vol. 6, p. 247, pi. 28, figs. 1-lb. 



Mass.— Off Marthas Vineyard, 64 to 365 fathoms. 



POLYPODIDAE. 



*Polypus arcticus (Prosch). 



Hoyle, Joum. Conch., 1902, vol. 10, pp. 197, 204. 



Octopus arcticus Prosch, Kong. Dansk. Vid. Selsk. Skrift., 1849, 

 ser. 5, nat. math, afd., vol. 1, p. 59. " Gronland." 



Octopus bairdii Verrill, Amer. Joum. Sci., 1873, ser. 3, vol. 5, 

 p. 5; Trans. Conn. Acad., 1881, vol. 5, p. 368, pi. 33, figs. 1, la; 

 pi. 34, figs. 5, 6; pi. 36, fig. 10; pi. 38, fig. 8; pi. 49, figs. 4, 4a; 

 pi. 51, figs. 1, la. 



Me.— Off Eastport, 75 to 80 fathoms; off Casco Bay, 50 to 95 

 fathoms (Verrill). 



Mass. — Off Cape Ann, 5 to 13 miles, in 42 to 75 fathoms; off 

 Gloucester, 4| miles, in 43 to 45 fathoms; off Cape Cod, 14 to 15 

 miles, in 70 to 94 fathoms; off Marthas Vineyard, 120 to 410 

 fathoms. 



R. I.— Off Newport, 85 to 192 fathoms (Verrill). 



