A. E. Verrlll — North American Cejihalopods. 



353 



One of the largest alcoholic specimens (9), from station 218, has 

 the mantle 31"'"^ long, dorsally ; greatest breadth beneath the fins, 

 20"""; length of fins longitudinally, 18"'"' ; transverse breadth of fins, 

 11"'"' ; length from end of body to tip of dorsal arms, 57""" ; to tip of 

 second pair of arms, 59""" ; of third pair, 64""" ; of fourth pair, 59""". 



Eossia Hyatti. — Specimens exuTnined. 



Locality. 



30. 31 Off Salem, Mass 



33 OfE Cape Ann, 13 m 



42-46 Off Cape Sable, N. S., 30 m. 



48 Off Cape Sable, N. S., 20 m. 

 85-86 Off Halifax, N. S., 26 m... 



j Gulf of Maine and 



Massachusetts Bay. 



8 m. 



Off Cape Ann, 14 m. 

 Off Gloucester, Mass, 



Off Cape Ann, 6^ m. 



Off Cape Ann, 7 m 



Off Gloucester, Mass 



Off Gloucester, Mass., 5 m, 

 Off Cape Ann, 6 m 



130 

 156 

 163 

 164 

 181 

 184 

 211 

 214 jOff Cape Ann, 7 m. 



217 i Off Cape Ann, 6 m 



2 18 iOff Cape Ann. 6 m. 



223 jSouth of Cape Ann, 7 m.- 

 234 [Off Gloucester, Mass , 5^ m, 

 238 Off Gloucester, Mass., 4| m, 



48 

 90 

 88-90 

 59 

 101 



49 

 42 

 73 

 75 

 45 

 45 

 60 

 57 

 45 

 45 

 47 

 43 

 43 



264 lOff Cape Cod, 15m 80 



276 jOff Cape Cod, 6+ m 47 



324 , Off Cape Cod, li m ; 45 



364 Off Cape Cod, 15 m \ 70 



372 Off Chatham, Mass., 21m.. 70 



241 



372 



39 Gl. 



mud 



mud 



sand and mud 



rocky 



fine sand 



mud 



sand and mud 



fine sand 



fine sand 



mud 



mud 



soft dark-br. mud 



fine mud and sand 



soft dark-br. mud 



soft dark-br. mud 



soft brown mud 



soft brown mud 



soft brown mud 



blue mud 

 blue mud 



sand 



sand 



sand 



Gloucester Fisheries. 



N. Lat. 44" 20' W. Lono-. 59° , 60 



Off Miquelon I 1 I 7 



Off Gloucester, in Cod | . . 



When 

 coil'd. 



1877 

 Aug. 13 

 Aug. 14 

 Aug. 21 

 Aug. 2 1 

 Sept. 6 



1878 

 Jul}- 23 

 Aug. 15 

 Aug. 16 

 Aug. 16 

 Aug. 29 

 Aug. 29 

 Sept. 17 

 Sept. 17 

 Sept 18 

 Sept. 1 8 

 Sept. 21 

 Sept. 24 

 Sept. 26 



1879 

 July 29 

 Aug. 1 

 Sept. 1 

 Sept. 18 

 Sept. 19 



1878 

 Dec. 

 July.'79 



Rec'd Specimens, 

 from No. Sex. 



U.S.F.C. 



1 1.5 



2i- 



U:l?:3j. 



2 1.? 



]-2 



3j- 



2j. 

 li: 

 1? 



4$ 



IJ- 



Ij. 5:1].? 



1? 



1 1.5 



11. 5:1 j. 



15 



1? 



2j. 



11.5 

 11.2 

 \\.6 



11. ?:3j. $ 

 1 « 

 2 



U 



IJ- 

 Ij. 

 11. 



This species has been taken in numerous localities, by the dredging 

 parties of the U. S. Fish Commission, in 1877, 1878 and 1879, off 

 Cape Cod ; in Mass. Bay, 40-50 fathoms ; off Cape Ann, in the Gulf 

 of Maine, 50-100 fathoms; off Cape Sable, N. S., 88-92 fathoms; off 

 Halifax, N, S., 57-100 fathoms, on a fine compact sand and mud bot- 

 tom. It occurs in from 40 to 100 f^xthoms. It has also been received 

 through the Gloucester halibut fishermen, from the Banks, off Nova 

 Scotia. One specimen (lot 241), presented by Capt. Chris. Olsen, and 

 crew, of the schooner " William Thompson " was from N. Lat. 44*^ 20' ; 



