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Near Hammerfest, 40 to 50 fathoms (Loven); north of the Shetlands, 60 to 100 

 fathoms (Jeffreys); Lofoten and Finmark, not very uncommon at depths of 60 to 200 

 fathoms (Sars). 



An example from the Shetlands enables me to corroborate in the most satisfactory 

 manner the opinion expressed by Professor Sars that Rossia papillifera is a synonym of 

 Rossia glaucopis. It was contained in a bottle sent to me among the " Porcupine " 

 collection, and had been labelled with the former designation by Jeffreys, while on a 

 separate label it bore the name Rossia glaucojns, in the handwriting of Professor 

 Steenstrup, who had examined it along with the remainder of the collection. Professor 

 Steenstrup tells me, moreover, that, from the notes he received along with the 

 " Porcupine " specimens from Jeffreys, he has every reason to believe that this 

 particular individual was the type of Rossia papillifera. 



I have also compared it myself with specimens of Loven's species from Lofoten sent 

 to Sir WyvUle Thomson by Professor Sars and can find absolutely no points of specific 

 distinction between them. 



Rossia sublevis (f), VerrilL 



1878. Rossia suhlevis, VU., Amer. Journ. Sci. and Arts, vol. xvi. p. 209. 



1879. „ „ Tryon, Man. Conch., Tol. i. p. 160. 



1880. „ „ Vll., Amer. Journ, Sci. and Arts, vol. xix. p. 291, pi. xv. fig. 3. 



1881. ,, „ Vll., Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., voLviii. p. 104, pi. iii. figs. 2-4,pl. vii. fig. 4. 

 1881. „ „ VIL, Ceph. K E. Amer., pp. 354, 419, pi. xxx. fig. 2, pi. xxxi. fig. 3, 



pi. xlvi. fig. 4, pi. xlvii. figs. 2-4. 



Habitat. — Station 313, off Cape Virgins, South America, January 20, 1876; lat. 

 52° 20' S., long. 67° 39' W.; depth, 55 fathoms ; sand. One small somewhat damaged 

 specimen, $ . 



Eastern coast of the United States, from Nova Scotia as far south as lat. 

 32° 33' 15" N.; depth, 42 to 640 fathoms (Verrill). 



A large number of specimens of Rossia imtagonica, E. A. Smith, were obtained 

 from the same Station, and it is quite possible that the present may be only a young 

 form of that species ; it differs, however, in the shorter and more rounded form of its 

 body, in the longer and narrower pit at the base of the siphon for articulation with 

 the mantle, and in the more elongated tentacular club, and on the whole seems to 

 present greater resemblance to Verrill's species, to which I have, not without hesita- 

 tion, referred it. If the identification be correct its occurrence so far south is a matter 

 of some interest. 



