60 THREE CRUISES OF THE “BLAKE.” 
of its ventral shield ; and the remarkable genus Mastigoteuthis 
(Fig. 276), the type of a new family, with very unequal arms, 
and a large caudal fin, of an'orange-brown color, occupying 
about half the length of the body. 
Fig. 277. — Eledone verrucosa. 4. (Verrill.) 
A stout species of octopoid, Kledone verrucosa (Fig. 277), 
of a dark purplish brown, is covered above with rough wart-like 
tubercles, forming a prominent circle around the eyes. One of 
the species of the genus gives out a strong smell of musk. 
Fig. 278. — Alloposus mollis. 4. (Verrill.) 
Another characteristic species is Alloposus mollis (Fig. 278), 
having a thick, soft, smooth body, and arms united by a web 
nearly to their extremity. 
Along the Atlantic coast a number of cephalopods were 
dredged, many of them from considerable depths; among them 
