Laguna Marine Laboratorp 83 
ON A CEPHALOPOD NEW TO CALIFORNIA 
WITH A NOTE ON ANOTHER 
SPECIES 
5. S. BERRY 
The two species of cephalopod mollusks (one squid and one 
octopus) which are the subject of the following notes were obtained 
by Mr. C. W. Metz during the 1911 session of the Pomona College 
Marine Laboratory at Laguna, Orange County, California. Although 
so few of this class of animals were taken, one of the two specimens 
submitted to me represents a species new not only to California, but 
apparently to the entire western coast of North America as well. I 
am indebted to the gentleman named for the opportunity to examine 
and report upon the material. 
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Figure 44. Funnel of Onychoteuthis banksii 
Laid open along the medio-ventral line to show the funnel organ (semi-dia- 
grammatic). 
Onychoteuthis banksii (Leach 1817) Ferussac 
1817 Loligo banksii Leach, Zool. Miscell., vol. 3, p. 141. 
1826 Onychoteuthis banksii Ferussac, in D’Orbigny, Ann. Sci. 
Nat. (1), vol. 7, p. fe 
1879 Onychoteuthis banks Tryon, Man. Conch. (1), vol. 1, p 
168, pl. 73, figs 291-294. 
1908 Bs banksii Pfeffer, Nord. Plankton, TV, Ceph., 
sia silence (ler (7 
A single f foiale specimen of this widespread oceanic species was 
obtained from J. H. Souder, who captured it in a seine off the en- 
trance to Newport Bay, 8. 8. B. No. 295. In a report written some 
