24 (Bulletin of the „ Natural History Society. 
PART II. 
A PRELIMINARY LIST OF THE MARINE MOLLUSCA 
OF NEW BRUNSWICK. 
COMPILED AND EDITED BY W. F. GANONG. 
Class CEPHALOPODA. 
1. — Octopus Bairdii. — V errill. 
“From five different localities in the Bay of Fundy.* , 
“ Off Head Harbour, Oampobello Island, in seventy- 
five and eighty fathoms, shelly; off Herring Cove 
in sixty fathoms, muddy; off Grand Man an in one 
hundred and six fathoms, gravel and sand.” Verrill 
(G), also (L). 
2. — Loligo Pealei. — Lesueur. (Long-finned squid). 
St. Croix River. 
Neither this species nor its varieties borealis and pallida have, up to 
the present time, been reported from Maine or New Brunswick waters. 
Professor Verrill (L) says: “ It has not been observed north of Cape 
Ann.” In June, 1886, the writer found two specimens either of this 
•species or of its variety borealis, in a weir at Devil’s Head, in the St. 
Croix River. Mr. Henry Frye, of Frye’s Island, New Brunswick, a 
thoroughly practical observer, has told the writer that there are in our 
waters two kinds of squid, “ the short-tailed and the long-tailed ” The 
former is undoubtedly the next, (No. 3), of this list, and the latter must 
be either this species or the variety borealis. It, therefore, certainly 
belongs to our marine fauna, but its exact variety, its abundance, and 
its distribution are still to be determined. 
