eats: Records of the Indian Museum, VOL. seus 
and large fused siphon with organ of two small oval pads on 
either side of dorsal wall near apex, The umbrella, whieh is very 
delicate and possibly mutilated, extends for about two-thirds of 
the length of the arms, ‘The latter have lost almost all their 
suckers and only doubtiul traces of cirri are present Both eyes 
seem to measure about the same diameter, In the type specimens 
the lelt eye is much larger than the right, The inside of umbrella, 
and any patehes of epidermis remaining on other parts of the 
body, are dark purplesbrown, 
Some approximate measurements are appended p< 
Wii, 
Potal length a) 
Pidol body to iiainitlesopening 15 
Width of body 13 
Hrom port to iisertion of fin 4 12 
Breadth of fin at iisertion | 
Width between eyes 10 
Length ol siphon Hes Va rm) 
lypeeIn U.S. National Museum. 
Ivpe locality.Vicinity of San Diego, California, 2113-2259 
lathome, bottom of solt gray mud, Two specimens (Berry, tore), 
Family ARGONAU'TIDAR, 
Argonauta bottweri, Maltzan, 
lrvonauta bdttyert, Maltsan, 'Fourn, de Cones, NAT, p. 163, pl 9g, 
fips 7 CABSt), Ehidalpo, Wee, Meal, dead. Cren., p. 0 (1005), Argonauta 
hoetiwert, Dall, Bull, Altius, Comp, Zool, NLT, pp. 226, 229 (1908); 
lnvonauta bbttgent, Smith, Ann dag. Nat. Hest, NXT, ps goo, pl 17, 
figs, 1°60 (1887); Berry, Aull, Buy Fish,, NANI, pp. 277-280, 
pl. ih, fips §, tent fipures @=7 (101d). 
VEO} ) OTivestigator’ Andamans, Marine Survey of Tndia-One 9, 
This is in very soft condition and the mantle is denuded of 
epidermis, The dorsal surface of the head and upper arms is 
bull, spotted with small bluish-black chromatophores, The 
expanded portions of the first pair of arms are about 5 mim, in 
diameter, The arm suekers, except on the expanded portions, 
are very prominent, The web is about equal on all the arms and 
does not extend higher than the third sucker anywhere, ‘The 
beak appears to be black when seen with the naked eye, and dark 
brown when viewed through a lens, The mantle-opening extends 
to the dorsal margin of each eye, ‘The funnel is very long and its 
organ is similar to that figured by Berry (1914, textefig. 5). The 
branches of the median pad measure 4°50 mm, in length and the 
lateral pads are y mim, in length, The end of the mantle is 
broken, disclosing the gonad with ova, ‘The principal measure- 
ments are appended 
Win, 
Indl of body to dorsal mantles margin dy | 
» eye 10 
hi eadth of body 
head 
/ 
/ 
