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poteuihis of Eiippell (>= Verania Krohn), 

 whicli with its single species, 0. sicula Eiippell, 

 thus becomes the type and sole member of the 

 new family. As on general grounds this step 

 seems one of excellent expediency, it is not a 

 happy task to mention that the name proposed 

 is untenable. Krohn's Verania appears to 

 have been advanced solely on the ground that 

 ctopodoteuthis is a misnomer since tentacles 

 (i. e., " ten feet ") are actually present ex- 

 cept in the adult stage! At any rate Yerania 

 is an exact synonym of Ociopoteuthis, and 

 hence by the International Eules the use of its 

 derivatives in the formation of higher groups 

 is forbidden. The family name Oetopoteu- 

 thidce or perhaps Octopodoteuthidce, depend- 

 ing upon whether we reject or accept Krohn's 

 emendation, must therefore replace Veranyidce 

 in the sense proposed by Chun. 



Similar eiiects of the application of the 

 same rule are seen in the case of two other 

 families dealt with in beautiful detail by 

 Chun. As stated by him (1910, p. 185) the 

 genus Bathyteuthis Hoyle, May, 1885 (p. 

 272), is apparently antedated by Bentho- 

 teuthis Verrill, April, 1885 (p. 401), the an- 

 notated dates of Verrill's paper having seem- 

 ingly escaped the observation of Hoyle (c/. 

 1886, p. 167; 1910, p. 408). If this be so, the 

 family name Baihyteuihidce Pfeffer (1900, pp. 

 152, 171) must lapse and the term Bentho- 

 teuthidw be substituted. 



At the time of publishing my preliminary 

 report on the Albatross Hawaiian Cephalo- 

 pods, I had not seen a really characteristic de- 

 scription and figure of Heteroteuthis dispar 

 (Eiippell) Gray, 1849. Since then I have had 

 access to various additional publications and 

 have come to the conclusion that my Stephano- 

 ieuthis hawaiiensis is quite likely congeneric 

 with it. The latter genus should therefore be 

 dropped as an unnecessary synonym. 



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Chun, C. 



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