420 
A. E. Yerrill — North American Cephalopoda. 
attached to the surface of various objects, such as dead shells (of 
Pecten, etc.), annelid tubes, hydroids, fragments of Echini, ascid- 
ians, etc. They are placed near together, or side by side, so as to 
form larger or smaller groups. They are pearly white, about 3 mm 
iu diameter, nearly round, except that the attached side is somewhat 
flattened, and the upper surface has a small, conical process in the 
middle. 
TTe ter o tenth is tenera. — Additional specimens. 
Station. Locality. 
Fatti. 
Date. 
Rec'd from. 
Specimens. 
No. Sex. 
Off Martha's Vineyard. 
918 3. £ TV. 61 m. from Gav Head. . . 
45 
1881 
July 16 
U. S. F. C. 
16:19 
919 IS. 4 TV. 65 m. from Gay Head 
514 
“ 
46 
920 S. 4 IV. 684 m. from Gav Head . 
61 
ll 
“ 
3 6:59 
921 is. 4 TV. 73 m. from Gav Head,. 
65 
“ 
U 
66:62 
922 |S. 4 TV. 77 m. from Gav Head 
69 
il 
“ 
1 9 : eggs. 
940 ;S. bv E. 4 E. 97 m. from Gav Head. 
130 
An g. 4 
ll 
1 9 : eggs. 
944 S.S.TV. 82 m from Gav Head. . . 
124 
“ 9 
ll 
16:19 
949 S. 79£ m. from Gav Head 
100 
“ 23 
ll 
1 : eggs. 
950 S. 75 m. from Gav Head... _ 
69 
ll 
ll 
16:22 
1026 S.S.TV. J TV. 93| m. from Gav Head 
182 
Sept. 8 
“ 14 
1 6 
1027 S.S.E. | E. 1054 m. from Gav Head 
93 
U 
1 6 
1038 X. lat. 39' 59'; TV. long. 70° 06' 
146 
“ 21 
“ 
56:22 
1043 X. lat. 38° 39'; TV. long. 73° 11'. 
130 
Oct. 10 
ll 
1 6 
Argonauta argo Linne ip. 364.) 
In the American Naturalist, xv, p. 908, another specimen of this 
species is reported by Rev. Samuel Lockwood to have occurred at 
Long Branch, N. J., September, 1881. The shell is stated to have 
been fresh. This is the third specimen obtained on the coast of 
New Jersey, since 1876. 
Alloposus mollis Terrill. (See p. 366.) 
Octopus (?) sp.. Terrill, Bulletin Mus. Comp. Zool., viii, p. 109, pi. 4, fig. 3, 1881. 
Plate L. Plate LI. figures 3, 4. 
Two very large females of this species were taken by the U. 
S. Fish Commission, this season, off Newport, R. I. One was from 
station 937, in 506 fathoms, the other from 994, in 368 fathoms. 
They were nearly equal in size. The weight of the first, when 
fresh, was found to be over 20 pounds. Length from the posterior 
end of the body to the tips of the dorsal arms 787 mm (31 inches); to 
tips of 2d pair, 812 ram (32 inches) ; to tips of 3d and 4th pairs, 711 mm 
(28 inches) ; length of mantle, beneath, 178"'"' (7 inches) ; beak to tips of 
3d pair of arms, 559 mm (22 inches); breadth of body, 216 rnm (8’5 inches); 
breadth of head, 280 mm (11 inches); diameter of eyes, 64 mm (2 - 5 
