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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. ^. (Verrill.) 



A stout species of octopoid, Eledone 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, f . (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 



