304 REPOKT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES [94] 



Off the coast of Rhode Island to Cumberland Gulf. Abundant from 

 Cape Cod to Newfoundland. About 100 miles south of Newport, 11. I. f 

 in 05 to 372 fathoms (U. S. Fish Com.). Vineyard Sound, Massachu- 

 setts, rare, large in winter, small in May (V. K Edwards). 



Kecent explorations have extended the range of this species much 

 farther southward, in the deep water near the edge of the Gulf Stream. 

 Although we cannot be certain that specimens caught in the trawl were 

 living at the bottom, owing to the possibility of their entering it during 

 its ascent, it is very probable that they do actually inhabit those depths. 

 This is rendered more certain by the fact that Ave found adult speci- 

 mens in the stomachs of iishes (Lopliim) taken at stations 805 and 893. 

 The most southern specimens known were taken by Mr. A. Agassiz, on 

 the u Blake," off Cape Ilatteras, in 2G3 fathoms. 



OmmasirepJies illecebrosus. — Specimens •examined. 



Xurnher. 



10280. 



10027, J . 

 10027, K. 

 10027, L . 



M 



W 



Locality. 



Newport, It. I . 



S.T.U 



X 



i)G93, G 



0093,11,1... 



9G93, R 



D.E.F 



N.O.P 



Vineyard Sound 



do 



do 



do 



Provincetown, Mass 



do 



do 



do 



do 



Salem, Mass 



Gloucester, Mass.. loc.233. 



When col- 

 lected. 



1872. 



< !asco nay, Me 



Off Seguin Island, Mc. (50 fath- 

 oms). 



Mount Desert, Me 

 OtfCashe's Ledge. 



10028... . 

 10278, Q 



865 



893 



CCCXXXII 



Eastport, Me 



do 



do 



do , 



do 



do 



Halifax, X. S 



do 



Newfoundland 



Cumberland Gulf 



North latitude 40° 0.7 ; west lon- 

 gitude 70° 23' (65 fathoms). 



North latitude 39° 52' 20"; west 

 longitude 70° 58' (372 fathoms) . 



North latitude 35° 45' 30" ; west 

 longitude 74° 48' (263 fathoms). 



Nov. 2, 1876.. 



....do 



...do 



May, 1876 



July, 1879 ... 



...do 



...do 



...do 



...do 



Oct. 25, 1873 

 1878 



Received from- 



Specimens. 

 No., sex. 



1873. 

 1879. 



1800 



1873 (loc.21) 



1870 . . 

 ...do 



... do 



1872 . . 



...do 



do 



J.K.Willis. 

 J. M. Joins 



do 



L. Kumleiu . . 

 1880 



....do 



United States Fish 



Commission. 

 V.N.Edwards 



....do 



...do 



....do 



United States Fish 

 Commission. 



...do 



....do 



...do 



...do 



J H. Emerton 



United States Fish 

 Commission. 



...do 



(Lot. 517) United 

 States Fish Com- 

 mission. 



A.F. Veriill 



United States Fish 

 Commission. 



A. E. Verrill 



...do 



...do 



United States Fish 



Commission. 

 ...do 



...do 



Smithsonian 



J. M.Jones 



...do 



National Museum. .. 



United States Fish 



Commission. 

 ...do 



do I "Blake" expedition. 



1 young. 



1 cT.left hand. 



1 ?• 



1 ?• 



1 d, right hand. 



1 d", figured. 



9cf. 



5 $. 



.'i young. 



28 +, duplicates. 



l ?• 



1 young. 



3 ?• 



1 J young. 



50 -f, large. 

 1 mutilated. 



1 ? , large. 



2 </, left hand. 



1 cf, right hand. 



3 ? .large. 



3 ?. 



1 doling. 



1 ?, large. 

 Do. 



1 mutilated. 

 1 adult. 



Do. 



3?, adult. 



Several of the smaller specimens included in this list are so young that 

 it is impossible to determine their sex with certainty without dissection. 

 The hectocotylization of the ventral arm in the male is scarcely recog- 

 nizable in those with the mantle less than 4 inches long. 



The Mediterranean form (Ommastrephcs Coindetii Verany), usually 

 identified with the var. b of Lolujo sagittata Lamarck, 1700,* is closely 



~* It .seems more probable, however, that Lamarck's description applied rather to O. 

 Bartramii (Les. sp.) of the Gulf Stream region. Blainville and others have tints ap- 

 plied it, correctly, as I believe. 



