284 A, E. Verrili— Cephalopoda of North America. 
Art. XXXIV. — Synopsis of the Cephalopoda of the North- 
eastern Coast of America; by A. EK. Verriut. Brief Con- 
tributions to Zoology from the Museum of Yale College. Neo. 
XLVI. With Plates XII to XVL 
THE recent increase in the number of Cephalopods known to 
belong to this fauna is remarkable. Up to the year 1871, 
only three species were recorded. In 1872, an undetermined 
from this coast. Four of these have been first discovered by 
the dredgings carried on by the U. S. Fish Commission, in 
charge of the writer. Six have been brought in by the Glou- 
cester fishermen, from the Bank fisheries, among their valuable 
contributions to the collections of the U. S. Fish Commission 
and National Museum. 
ARCHITEUTHIS. 
In several former articles in this Journal,* the writer has re- 
corded the occurrence of fourteent American examples of the 
gigantic squids belonging to this genus, and apparently repre- 
senting two species. Since the last of these notices, eight 
additional specimens have been found on the coasts of New- 
foundland and Nova Scotia. In a somewhat extended article 
on the large cephalopods, recently published,t the author has 
given all the available facts in relation to the later discoveries, 
and has redescribed, in much greater detail than before, and 
No. 15.—Hammer Cove specimen, 1876. 
In a letter from Rev. M. Harvey, dated Aug. 25, 1877, he 
states that a big squid was cast ashore Noy. 20, 1876, at Ham- 
* This Journal, vol. vii, p. 158, Feb., 1874; vol. ix, pp. 123, 177, Plates II-V, 
1875; vol. x, p. 213, Sept., 1875; vol. xii, p. 236, 1876; vol. xiv, p. 425, Nov. 
1877. Also, American Naturalist, vol. viii, p. 167, 1874; vol. ix, pp. 21, 78, Jam 
and Feb., 1875. 
{ Of these, No. 6 proved to be the same as No. 3, and should be cancelled. 
| Transac. Connecticut Acad., vol. v. pp. 177-258, Dec., 1879, to Feb., 1880, 
Plates XIII to XXV. 
