BULLETIN OF THE 
Calliteuthis reversa VERRILL. 
Amer. Jour. Sci, XX. p. 393, Nov. 1880; Proc. Nat. Mus., III. p. 362, 1880; 
Trans. Conn. Acad., V., p. 295, Pl. XLVI. figs. 1-15, Jan. 1881. 
Plate VII. Figs. 1 - 1», 
Female, Body rather short, tapering backward, subacute posteriorly ; front 
edge of mantle advancing somewhat in the middle, and forming an obtuse angle; 
considerably emarginate beneath. Caudal fin small, short, thin, each half nearly 
semicircular, attached. subdorsally, posterior end emarginate and free from the 
tip of the body, but not extending much beyond it. Head large, flattened 
above, Eyes very large, with simple, thin, free, circular lids, without any 
sinus, Openings of the ears, behind the eyes, minute, with a small, erect, cla- 
vate, fleshy process from the skin. Arms long, tapering, equal to the length of 
head and body combined ; the lateral pairs are equal; the dorsal and ventral 
nearly equal, somewhat shorter than laterals ; suckers deeper than broad, well 
rounded, laterally attached by slender pedicels ; horny rings, with smooth cir- 
cular, thin. edges, except on the small suckers, toward the tips of the arms, in 
which the outer edge is divided into a number of small narrow, blunt teeth. 
On the ventral arms the suckers are much smaller ; basal web rudimentary ; 
a narrow, thin, simple membrane along each side, outside the suckers. Ten- 
tacular arms rather slender, compressed, smooth at base, the ends absent. 
Color reddish brown. The ventral surface of the body, head, and arms is 
more ornamented than the dorsal surface, being covered with large, rounded 
verrucæ, their centre or anterior half pale ; the border, or posterior half, dark 
purplish brown; upper surface of body with much fewer and smaller scat- 
tered verrucæ; a circle of the same around the eyes ; inner surfaces of sessile 
arms and buccal membranes chocolate-brown, tentacular arms lighter; suckers 
pale yellow, with a light brown band. Caudal fin white, translucent. Iris, in 
the preserved specimens, brown. Gills with the free edge brown, and a brown 
line on the outer edges of all the lamine. Total length to end of lateral arms, 
133 mm. ; to base of arms, 67 mm. ; mantle, 51 mm. ; length of fin, 17 mm. ; 
breadth of fins, 24 mm. ; of body, 20 mm. ; diameter of eyeball, 16 mm. ; length 
of dorsal arms, 58 mm. ; of second pair, 67 mm. ; of third pair, 68 mm. ; of ven- 
tral pair, 60 mm. ; breadth of dorsal arms at base, 5 mm. ; of lateral, 6 mm. ; 
diameter of largest suckers, 1.2 mm. 
Dredged by the steamer “Fish Hawk,” of the U. S, Fish Commission, at 
Station 894, about 100 miles south of Newport, R. L, N. Lat. 39? 53/, W. Long. 
70° 58/ 30", in 365 fathoms, One specimen only. 
ALLOPOSUS VERRILL. 
Amer, Jour. Sci., XX. p. 393, Nov. 1880; Proc. Nat. Mus., III. p. 362, Dec. 1880, 
Allied to Philonexis and Tremoctopus. Body thick and soft, smooth ; arms 
(in the male only seven) united by a web extending nearly to the ends, the 
