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schooner Notice, April, 1880. "The latter specimen was, however, in too 

 poor condition to afford any additional characters, and may, perhaps, belong 

 to 0. lenfAis" (Verrill; op. cit., p. 380). 



Octopus lrntus, \^errill. 



1880. Amer. Journ. Sc. and Arts, Third Series, vol. xix., p. 138. 



1881. Trans. Conn. Acad, .'^rtsand Sc, vol. v., p. 375. 



The first specimen of this species was taken off Nova Scotia, near Le 

 Have Bank, in 120 fathoms, by Captain Samuel Peeples and crew of the 

 schooner M. H. Perkins, and presented to the U. S. Fish Commission. " A 

 few others have since been brought in by the Gloucester fishermen, from the 

 Bank Fisheries. Mr. A. Agassi z dredged it on the 'Blake', in 1880, as far 

 south as N. lat. 33° 42' 15". It ranges in depth from 120 to 602 fathoms " 

 (Verrill ; op. cit., p. 377). 



Family Pteroti. 

 Stauroteuthis Syrtensis, Verrill. 



1879. Amer. Joiu-n. Sc. and Arts, Third Series, vol. xviii., p. 468. 

 1881. Trans. Conn. Acad. Arts and Sc, vol. v., p. 382. 



"The only known example of this remarkable species was taken by Capt. 

 Melvin Gilpatrick and crew, schooner ' Polar Wave', in N. lat. 43° 54' ; W. 

 lonw. 58° 44', on Banquereau, about 3 miles E. of Sable Island, N.S., in 250 

 fathoms. Presented to the U. S. Fish Commission, Sept., 1879 (lot 472)" 

 Verrill ; op. cit., p. 384. 



ARTHROPODA. 

 CRUSTACEA. 



Series A. EXTOMOSTRACA. 



cirrhipedia. 



(Rhizocephala). 



Peltogaster paguri, Rathke. 



Henley Harbour, Chateau Bay, Labrador, one specimen on Eupagurius 

 pubescens from shallow water, Stearns expedition (S. I. Smith, who says 

 that " Packard recorded the species from Maine, not Labrador" ). 



