off Southern New England. 393 
slender; in the male the left dorsal arm is hectocotylized, being 
broader than its mate, with four rows of minute suckers, while 
on the right one, and in the female on both, there are two 
regular rows of larger suckers. Lateral and ventral arms have 
of body 25 to 40™". More or less abundant at all the stations, 
from 865 to 880, inclusive. About 200 specimens were taken. 
Calliteuthis Verrill, gen. nov. 
nal valve. Mantle connected to sides of siphon by lat 
elongated cartilages and grooves. Arms long, free; suckers in 
two rows, largest on middle of lateral and dorsal arms. e 
rounded verruce; their center or anterior half pale, the border 
or posterior half dark purplish brown ; upper surface o 
with much fewer and smaller scattered verrucse; a circle of 
same around the eyes; inner surface of arms and buccal mem- 
branes chocolate-brown. Total length, 183™"; to base of arms, 
67; of mantle, 51; of fin, 17; breadth of fins, 24; of body, 20; 
diameter of eye-ball, 16™™. Station 894. 
Alloposus Verrill, gen. nov. 
Allied to Philonexis and Tremoctopus. Body thick and soft, 
smooth ; arms all (in the male only seven) united by a web 
extending nearly to the ends, the length of the arms decreasing 
from the dorsal to ventral ones ; suckers sessile, simple, in two 
rows; mantle united firmly to the head by a ventral and two 
lateral commissures, the former placed in the median line, at the 
base of the siphon, and by a broad dorsal band ; free end of the 
