1883.] ; Zoblogy. 425 
ZOOLOGY. 
Tue Most REMARKABLE MoLiuscaN FORMS TAKEN OFF THE 
SouTHERN Coast oF New EnGLanp IN 1882,—Professor A. E, 
Verrill notes the discovery of a cephalopod of the genus Abralia, 
a genus not before known to occur upon the American coast. 
Other interesting Cephalopoda were a living example of Argonau- 
fa argo, taken with a dip-net while on the surface; Eledone verru- 
cosa at 700 fath., and the second known specimen of the large 
Rossia megaptera V. in 640 fath. 
mong the gastropods added to our fauna were the new 77o- 
phon lintoni V. and Sm., from seventy fathoms; and four Chitonidæ. 
Of these Placophona atlantica V. and Sm., belongs to a genus be- 
fore supposed to be exclusively Australian. Choristes elegans was 
found in old skates’ eggs, and in the same situation occurred Coc- 
culira banii and Addisonia paradoxa, the latter of which was 
taken several times in from 8ọ to 640 fathoms. 
_ Dolium bairdii was taken in 192 fath., and at 349 fathoms two 
living examples of Mytilimeria flexuosa were brought up, asso- 
ciated with Pecchiola gemma V., also living. Axinopsis orbiculata 
Sars., was taken in 202 fath.; Modiolavia polita V. and S., in 321 
fath., and Cavolina longirostris in 321 fathoms. ; 
Pteropods were comparatively scarce, and the large Salpa, so 
abundant in former seasons, was only met with on one occasion. 
The smaller Salpa cabotii occurred in large numbers. 
n the sands of Naushon, Hadley harbor, were procured sev- 
eral living examples of Tellimya ferruginosa, a European shell not 
before found on our coast, associated at low-water mark with liv- 
ing T. (Montacuta) bidentata, Corbula contracta, etc. : 
From work with surface nets, in Vineyard sound, the veligers 
of Anachis avara, Astyris lunata, Triforis nigrocincta, etc., were 
identified. 
About twenty forms of gastropod veligers were taken in all. 
MIGRATION OF ANIMALS THROUGH THE SUEZ CANAL.—NVature 
states that Professer Keller, of Zurich, during a stay at the Suez 
ast winter, studied the animal migrations of which it has 
_ been the Cause, and found that, since 1870, Umbrina cirrhosa and 
Labrax lupus have Passed from the Mediterranean to the Red sea, 
accompanied by Balanus miser, Solen vulgaris and Ascidia ntes- 
beeko Sphæroma, and the mollusks Solen vagina and Car- 
dium edule are on their way through. ; 
On the « ther hand, several fishes, including Pristipoma stridens 
We Cenidens forskali, with the mollusks Cerithium scabridum, 
Mactra oloring and Mytilus variabilis, have passed from the Red 
W the Mediterranean, and quite a “ caravan” of other forms 
'S resting in the basins of the great Bitter lakes. 
The fauna of the canal is as yet too poor to tempt rays, cuttle- 
fishes and other carnivorous animals. ts 
