A. E. Verrlll — North American Cephalopods. 



353 



One of the largest alcoholic specimens ( 9), from station 218, has 

 the mantle 31'"" long, dorsally ; greatest breadth beneath the fins, 

 20'""' ; length of fins longitudinally, 18'"'" ; transverse breadth of fins, 

 11'""' ; length from end of body to tip of dorsal arms, 57'"'" ; to tip of 

 second pair of arms, 59"^'" ; of third pair, 64'"'" ; of fourth pair, 59'"'". 



Rossia Hyatti. — Specimens examined. 



Locality. 



30. 31 Off Salem. Mass 48 



33 Off Cape Ann, 13 m 90 



42-46 Off Cape Sable. X. S., 30 m. 88-90 



48 Off Cape Sable, N. 8., 20 m. 59 



85-86 Off Halifax, N. S., 26 m... 101 



Gulf of Maine and 



Massachusetts Bay. 



130 Off Cape Ann, 14 m. 49 



156 Off' Gloucester, Mass., 8 m. 42 



163 Off Cape Ann, 6i m. ' 73 



164 Off Cape Ann, 7 m. ; 75 



181 Off aicmcester, Mass ' 45 



184 Off Gloucester. Mass., 5 m.! 45 



211 Off Cape Ann, 6 m. ; 60 



214 Off Cape Ann, 7 m. ". 57 



217 Off Cape Ann, 6 m. 45 



218 Off Cape Ann. 6 m. 45 



223 South of Cape Ann, 7 m.- 47 



234 Off Gloucester, Mass , 5| m.; 43 



238 Off Gloucester, Mass.. 4| m. 43 



264 

 276 

 324 

 364 

 372 



241 



372 



39 Gl. 



Off Cape Cod, 1 5 m 80 



iOff Cape Cod, 6-^ m I 47 



lOff Cape Cod, 11 m ..1 45 



Off Cape Cod, 15 m I 70 



Off Chatham, Mass., 21m.. I 70 



Gloucester Fisheries. 



N. Lat. 44° 20' AV. Long. 59° | 60 



Off Miquelon I ! 7 



Off Gloucester, in Cod j . . 



mud 



mud 



sand and mud 



rocky 



fine sand 



mud 



sand and mud 



fine sand 



fine sand 



mud 



mud 



soft dark-br. mud 



fine mud and sand 



soft dark-br. mud 



soft dark-br. mud 



soft brown mud 



soft brown mud 



soft brown mud 



blue mud 



blue mud 



sand 



sand 



sand 



When 

 coll'd. 



1877 

 Aug. 1 3 

 Aug. 14 

 Aug. 21 

 Aug. 21 

 Sept. 6 



1878 

 July 23 

 Aug. 15 

 Aug. 1 6 

 Aug. 16 

 Aug. 29 

 Aug. 29 

 Sept. 17 

 Sept. 17 

 Sept IS 

 Sept. 18 

 Sept. 21 

 Sept. 24 

 Sept. 26 



1879 

 July 29 

 Aug. 1 

 Sept. 1 

 Sept. 18 

 Sept. 19 



1878 

 Dec. 

 July.'79 



U.S.F.C. 



Rec'd Specimens, 

 from No. Sex. 



2j- 



1 \.i 

 l,^:lS:3j. 



lJ-2 



2 1. S 



3j. 

 23. 

 1 6 :2 j. S 



1? 

 4$ 



Ij- 



lj..^:lj.2 

 1 2 

 1 1. ^ 

 11.2:1 j. 



1 2 

 2j. 



11.^ 



11.? 



\\.6 



11. $:3j. 2 



1 ^ 



11. 2 



11. 2 



This species has been taken in numerous localities, by the dredging 

 parties of the U. S. Fish Commission, in 1877, 1878 and 1879, oiF 

 Cape Cod ; in Mass. Bay, 40-50 fathoms ; off Cape Ann, in the Gulf 

 of Maine, 50-100 fathoms; off Cape Sable, N. S., 88-92 fathoms; off 

 Halifax, N. S., 57-100 fathoms, on a fine compact sand and mud bot- 

 tom. It occurs in from 40 to 100 lathoms. It has also been received 

 through the Gloucester halibut fishermen, from the Banks, off NoA^a 

 Scotia. One specimen (lot 241), presented by Capt. Chris. Olsen, and 

 crew, of the schooner " William Thompson " was from N. Lat. 44*^ 20' ; 



