420 



A. E. Verrill — North American Cephalopods. 



attached to the surface of various objects, such as dead shells (of 

 Pecten, etc.), annelid tubes, hydroids, fragments of Echini, ascid- 

 ians, etc. They are placed near together, or side by side, so as to 

 form larger or smaller groups. They are pearly white, about 3'""' 

 in diameter, nearly round, except that the attached side is somewhat 

 flattened, and the upper surface has a small, conical process in the 

 middle. 



Heteroteuthis tenera. — Additional specimens. 



918 



919 



920 



921 



922 



940 



944 



949 



950 



1026 



1027 



1038 



1043 



Locality. 



Off Alartha's Vineyard. 



S. i- W. 61 m. from Gay Head, 



S. + "W. 65 m. from Gay Head, 



S. i W. 68| m. from Gay Head, 



S. -J W. 73 m. from Gay Head 



S. ^ W. 77 m. from Gay Head, 



S. by E. i E. 97 m. from Gay Head, . 



S.S.W. 82 m from Gay Head, 



S. 79| m. from Gay Head, 



S. 75 m. from Gay Head, 



S.S.W. I W. 93^ m. from Gay Head,. 

 S.S.E. I B. 105+ m. from Gay Head,. 



N. lat. 39' 59'; "W. long. 70" 06' 



N. lat. 38° 39'; W. long. 73° 11' 



Specimens. 

 No. Sex. 



1? 



5? 

 65 



1 ^ 

 4,5 

 3 5 

 63 

 1 2 

 1? 



15:1? 

 1 : eggs. 

 15:2? 

 15 

 15 

 55: 

 5 



2? 



Argonauta argo Linne (p. 364.) 



In the American Naturalist, xv, p. 90S, another specimen of this 

 species is reported by Rev. Samuel Lockwood to have occurred at 

 Long Branch, N. J., September, 1881. The shell is stated to have 

 been fresh. This is the third specimen obtained on the coast of 

 New Jersey, since 1876. 



AlloposUS mollis Verrill. (See p. 366.) 



Octopus (l) sp., Verrill, Bulletin Mus. Comp. Zool., viii, p. 109, pi. 4, fig. 3, 1881. 

 Plate L. Plate LI, figures 3, 4. 



Two very large females of this species were taken by the U. 

 S. P^'ish Commission-, this season, off Newport, R. I. One was fi-om 

 station 937, in 506 fathoms, the other from 994, in 368 fathoms. 



They wei-e nearly equal in size. The weight of the first, when 

 fresh, was found to be over 20 pounds. Length from the posterior 

 end of the body to the tips of the dorsal arms 787™"' (31 inches); to 

 tips of 2d pair, 812"'"' (32 inches) ; to tips of 3d and 4th pairs, 711"'" 

 (28 inches) ; length of mantle, beneath, 178""" (7 inches) ; beak to tips of 

 3d pair of arms, 559"'"' (22 inches); breadth of body, 216""" (8-5 inches); 

 breadth of head, 280""" (11 inches); diameter of eyes, 64"'"' (2*5 



