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we may mention Benthoteuthis. (Fig. 279.) They are mainly 

 Qorthem species, previously collected in shallower waters by 

 the United States Fish Commission. 



Fi£. 279. — Benthoteuthis. f. (Verrill.) 



But by far the most interesting of the cephalopods is a Spir- 

 illa (Fig. 280) in excellent condition, dredged off Grenada in the 



Fig. 2S0. — Spimla. Y 5 - (Huxley.) 



Caribbean by the " Blake " from a depth of 950 fathoms. From 

 the condition of the chromatophores of the body, it evidently 

 lives with its posterior extremity buried to a certain extent in the 

 mud. The " Challenger " collected a specimen from 360 fath- 

 oms, off the Banda Islands. Cephalopods have been collected 



