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MAGAZINE OF NATURAL HISTORY 



[SEVENTH SERIES.] 

 No. 119. NOVEMBER 1907. 



XLVIII. — P reli'ininary JSotice of new and remarlahle 

 Cephalopods from the South-west Coast of Ireland. By 

 A. L. Massy, Department of Agriculture and Technical 

 Instruction, Fisheries Branch, Dublin. 



The species mentioned below were all met with at 50 to 70 

 miles ofi" the south-west coast of Ireland, and form part of a 

 collection made by the Fisheries Cruiser ' Ilelga ' during the 

 years 1 901 to 1907. A detailed report of the whole collection, 

 with illustrations of the new species, is in preparation and 

 will appear in the " Scientific Investigations " of the Fisheries 

 Branch of the Department. 



Family Polypodidae. 



Genus Polypus, J. G. Schneider. 



Polypus profundicola, sp. n. 



Head slightly narrower than body. Eyes large and promi- 

 nent. A few slightly marked tubercles usually present round 

 each eye. Skin otherwise smootii in all ])arts. Arms some- 

 what slender, largest at the base, tapering gradually to very 

 fine jioints. Order 1, 2, 3, 4. Their length is on an average 

 six times longer than the body. Ventral arms the slightest, 

 the others not differing much in bulk. Suckers sessile with 

 circular aperture, and radial grooves extending almost to the 

 Ann. t£; Miuj. N. Uist. Ser. 7. Vol. xx. 25 



