410 A, E. Verrill— Mollusca of the New England Coast. 
not very far apart, the head being narrower than in most of the re- 
lated forms. The gill-opening is a small, rounded pore, with a thick- 
ened margin, situated about opposite the eyes. The siphon is not 
visible; it may have been broken off, or may be retracted. The 
whole texture is extremely soft and gelatinous. The color of the 
external surfaces is translucent dull bluish gray ; the inner surfaces of 
the arms are tinged with chocolate-brown. 
The total length is about 125™"; posterior end of body to gill- 
opening, 20"; breadth of body at fins, 14™™; breadth across eyes, 
14™"; diameter of eyes, 6™™; length of fins, 12™"; breadth at base, 
9™™; length of longest arms from center of eye, 107™™; to edge of 
web, 74™™; length of cirri, about 10™™. 
Station 2,180, N. lat. 39° 25’ 50”, W. long. 71° 49° 30’, in 523 
fathoms, bottom temperature, 39° F. (No. 39,965). 
Eggs of Cirrhoteuthis or Stauroteuthis. 
Very peculiar eggs, belonging to cephalopods of this group, have 
often been dredged by us in deep water. They are usually attached 
to the stem or branches of Acanella Normani or other gorgonians. 
Similar eggs were often found attached to the same corals brought 
in from the deep water of the northern fishing banks by the Glouces- 
ter halibut fishermen, since 1879. None of these contained embryos 
sufficiently developed to render their identification possible, until 
some were dredged last summer, at station 2209, in 1,080 fathoms 
(No. 39,961), containing well-formed embryos, so far developed as to 
show that they belong to Cérrhoteuthis or some closely allied genus. 
These embryos have a well-developed body, rounded behind, with 
relatively large, rather broad lateral fins, having the outer ends 
broadly rounded, situated far forward and as long as the breadth of 
the body. The eyes are relatively large and prominent, or some- 
what stalked. The arms are slender, rounded, with a simple close 
median row of small suckers. The web is but little developed, the 
arms being free nearly to the base. The siphon-tube is prominent 
and the gill-opening is simple and small, but relatively larger than in 
Stauroteuthis syrtensis. It is probable, therefore, that this embryo 
belongs to one of the species of Cirrhoteuthis described above. 
The eggs may belong to more than one species, but show no tangible 
external differences. 
These eggs are contained in a strong but flexible case, about an 
inch long, elliptical in form, but often somewhat irregular on the’ 
