1388 = A. E. Verrill—Marine Fauna of North America. 
in form, rather numerous; the first six to ten from the base are 
nearly in one line, except on the left arm of second pair, and 
appear to form only a single row; in this part the inner face 
of the arm is narrow, and most so on the right arm of the sec- 
ond pair, and ‘aac on Ye left of the same pair; farther out this 
face becomes broader and the suckers are in two distinct rows; 
they are destroyed on the distal portion of all the arms. Color 
of body and arms mostly eri fae but so far as preserved, 
largest suckers, 3"; length of spoon-shaped end of pe arm 
of third pair (hectowoty ize) 35; breadth, 16; length of rest 
of arm, to mouth, 65™™ 
Taken from the stomach of a halibut, 86 miles east from the 
N. K. Light of Sable Island, in 160 to 300 fathoms, by Charles 
Ruckley, of the schooner CH A. Duncan,” and gens by 
him to the U.S. ‘Fish —— 1879. 
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‘spoon’ of the Acoteooeylieed arm is much tare than in 0. 
Grénlandicus, and larger and flatter than in O. Bardi. 
Octopus lentus, sp. nov. 
Female, body broad, ae depressed, ep e emarginate at 
the posterior end, soft to the touch and somewhat gelatinous in 
appearance ; a thin, soft, free, marginal feta hrahe runs along 
the sides and around the posterior vend of the bod 4 becoming 
widest (about 12™) posteriorly. Head large, broad, depressed, 
* Although only males of this species were eabtgtaally described, we have since 
taken large numbers of both males and females. The sexes differ but slightly, 
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been received. It was taken by Capt. David ie and crew, of the sch. 
“‘ Admiral,” on the Grand Bank, N. lat. 44° 077; W. long. 52° 40’, in 200 fathoms, 
December, 1879. It is nearest allied to O. iain (of whic 
alone, are known to me) and may prove to be only the female of the latter. 
