PRELIMINARY NOTICES OF SOME NEW PACIFIC 

 CEPHALOPODS. 



By S. Stillman Berry, 



Of Stanford University, California. 



Pending the publication in a forthcoming report of complete 

 descriptions with the necessary figures, it has been thought best to 

 present in advance brief diagnoses of certain West American squids 

 and devilfish, which appear to be new in the collections at my dis- 

 posal. Most of the material was obtained by the U. S. Bureau of 

 Fisheries steamer Albatross. The region concerned is faunally a very 

 rich one, but as its teuthology has been hitherto practically unknown, 

 the fact that a number of its most common and characteristic species 

 are undescribed need be in no way surprising. 



CIRROTEUTHIS MACROPE, new species. 



Body of rather small size, subgelatinous, elongate for a decapod, 

 with a broad oar-like fin on either side. Mantle opening full and 

 very wide, reaching to a point just behind each eye. 



Head wide, flattened; eyes large and prominently protruding. 

 Funnel large and broad, the funnel organ comprising a pair of small 

 oval whitish pads, situated one at either side on the dorsal wall of the 

 cavity near the apex. 



Arms connected by a thin umbrella reaching nearly or quite to 

 their tips; very delicate and not well preserved; suckers small, 

 flanked on either side by a row of rather large papilla-like cirri. 



Radula well developed, contrary to one of the supposed charac- 

 teristics of the family Cirroteuthidse. There are seven rows of teeth. 



Type.— Cat. No. 214317, U.S.N.M. From Albatross station 4393, 

 near San Diego, California. 



Length (total) 99 mm. ; to base of umbrella 58 mm. 



ELEDONELLA HEATHI, new species. 



Body smooth, inflated, of a semimembranous consistency; mantle 

 opening very wide and full, extending slightly past the center of 

 each eye. 



Proceedings U.S. National Museum, Vol. 40— No. 1838. 



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