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were taken by Mr. Agassiz in 1880, at station 336, north latitude, 38° 
21’ 50”, west longitude, 73° 32’, in 197 fathoms. (Plate XLII, fig. 7.) 
The largest of these arms is 420™" long and 36™" broad. The suckers 
are large, prominent, subglobular, with a contracted aperture, and have 
a thin membrane around the outer margin. They form two alter- 
nating, rather distant rows, except near the base, where several that 
are somewhat smaller than those farther out stand nearly in one row, 
with wide spaces between them. Diameter of largest suckers, 9 to 11™™; 
distance between their centers, 20 to 35". Color, dark purple. 
Taken by the “Fish Hawk,” at stations 880, 892, 893, 895, about 100 
to 115 miles south of Newport, R. I., in 225 to 487 fathoms, Sept. and Oct., 
1880; off the mouth of Chesapeake Bay, at station 898, November 16, 
1880, in 300 fathoms, by Lieut. Z. L. Tanner; and off Martha’s Vineyard, 
310-715 fathoms, 1881. 
Alloposus mollis.—Specimens examined. 
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3 Locality. Fath. saa eS Received from. Specimens. 
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OF Newport, i. LC 
N. lat. W. long. 
$80) 39° 48°30" - 70° 50! 00"... ee 252 | Sept. 13,1880] U.S. Fish Com....| 2g: 1 9 
881 | Farther sonthward .........--.---. 325 | Sept. 13, 1880 |..-.-- OO lena ta ees 1 
892 | 39° 46’ 00” 71° 05’ ee a 487 | Oct. 2; ASSOC sssce GOytS: igacme ss 1 
SOs ooo be! 20 00 ga DNs ee aa 372 | Oct. 2} T8880) 5-260 GO... -eseee 2 
B95 NiS9° 46" 30" 970° 70945 oe csc tcea. 288 | Oct. 2,1880].-.-.. NORA Gefetet es 1 
Off Chesapeake Bay. ms Lb 
SOBM tate 24 00l TAO Qe ee Se eetenisin'ei= SUOMI UNO. 16, 1880)|22 2-5 -00)-- esses 4 
Of Delaware Bay. | 
336) S80" 21 50M 739 Ba Tes eeaee csc a4 197 | ——-—, 1880 |‘‘ Blake’’ expedition} 11. frag. 
Of Martha's Vineyard. 
937 | S. by E. 4 E. 102 m. from Gay Head 506 | Aug. 4,1881/} U.S. Fish Com....] 11. 2 
938 | S. by E. 4 E. 100 m. from Gay Head. 310 | Aug. 4 188+) bsoeee ee eg Pee ag, 
952 | S. 4'E. 874 m. from Gay Head.....-. 388 | Aug. 23, 1881 |.-.--. meres SES 1j. 
953 | S. 4 E. 914 m. from Gay Head......- 715 Aug. 23, Ro Se ae dowterue- = et a7 Hh g 
994 | SSW. 4 W. 1044 m. from Gay Head. 368 | Sept. 8, 5 01-7 i Ree GO cee eenst at ik 
Famity ARGONAUTID Cantr. 
Cantraine, Mall. Médit., p. 13,1841; H. & A. Adams, Genera, vol. i, p. 23. 
Argonauta argo Linné. 
Shells of this species, some of them entire, were taken by the “ Fish 
Hawk” at several of the stations 70 to 115 miles south of Martha’s Vine- 
yard and Newport, R. I1., in 64 to 365 fathoms. At least nine specimens 
were dredged. At station 894, in 365 fathoms, two entire and nearly 
fresh shells were taken, and another nearly complete. They belong to 
the common Mediterranean variety. Fragments were also taken at sta- 
tions 865-7, 871, 873, 876, 892, 895. 
The capture of a living specimen, probably of this species, on the 
coast of New Jersey, has been recorded by Kev. Samuel Lockwood, 
in Amer. Naturalist, xi, p. 243, 1877. 
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