CEPHALOPODA (DECAPODA). 
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Steenstrupiolci , g. n. Body short ; fins rounded ; siphonal groove indis¬ 
tinct; ocular aperture small, with sinus; buccal membrane without lappets; 
siphon without valve, but with two ligaments; arms with two series of 
suckers ; tentacles with four, but without fixing-cushions. S. chilensls , 
Chili, S. atlantica , Atlantic, spp. nn.; id. t. c. pp. 16 & 17, figs. 20 & 21. 
Tracheloieuthis, g. n. Allied to Ommastrephes and Architeuthis ; Steen- 
strup (345). ( Verrilliola , Pffr., and Entomopsis , Rochebr., possibly syno. 
nyms.— Reg.) For T. riisei, T. behnii, spp. nn. 
Ouroteuthxs megaptera (nomen tantum), from 3175 metres (1670 fath.), 
by the ‘ Talisman 5 ; Filhol, La Nature, xiii. p. 230. 
Hyaloteuthiclce , fam. n., for Hyaloteuthis (name preocc.) and Ver¬ 
rilliola (= ? Tracheloieuthis, Stp.), gg. nn. For Loligopsis vermicularis, 
Ruppell, and V. gracilis, sp. n., Solomon Is.; V. nympha, Chili, Zanzi¬ 
bar. Pfeifer, (288) pp. 21-23, figs. 28 & 29. 
Onychii. 
Enoploteuthis hoylei, Mascarene Is., E. pallida, South Atlantic ; Pfeifer, 
(288) pp. 17 & 18, figs. 22 & 23. 
Ancistrocheirus megaptera , sp. n., off Martha’s Vineyard, U.S.A., 707 
fath., Verrill, (367) pp. 399 & 400, pl.xlii. figs. 1 & la. 
Teleoteuthis cigilis , sp. n., oft Chesapeake Bay, U.S.A., id. t. c. p. 400, 
pi. xlii. pp. 2 & %a. Teleoteuthis , n. n., = Onychia , Lesueur (preocc.). 
Onychia binotata , Atlantic and Layas Is.. O. curt a, Banda Sea ; Pfeifer, 
(288) pp. 19 & 20, figs. 24 & 25. 
Onychoteuthis brachyptera , sp. n., Chili, Pfeifer, (288) p. 20, fig. 26. 
Taonoteuthi. 
Histiopsis, g. n. Resembles Galliteuthis , but has a web between the 
dorsal, dorso-lateral and lateral arms ; the suckers are in two series ; the 
siphon has a suspensory ligament and a valve. Type, H. atlantica, sp. n., 
Mid South Atlantic ; Hoyle, (187) pp. 201 & 202, and (189) pp. 306-308. 
CRANCHLaCEORMES. 
Alegcdo cranchia , g. n. Allied to Cranchia. Body smooth ; head large ; 
arms and tentacles well-developed, and with toothed suckers. Type, AT. 
maxima, Cape of Good Hope ; Pfeifer, (288) p. 24, fig. 32. 
Liocranchia, g. n. Body smooth; head small; arms slightly deve¬ 
loped ; suckers of arms and tentacles with smooth rings; one row of 
chitinous tubercles down the back, and two down each side of the body. 
Type, L. brockii, Java Sea; id. t. c. p. 25, fig. 33. 
Cranchia tenuitentaculata, sp. n., St. Thomas, C. hispida, sp. n., hab ? ; 
id. t. c. p. 26, figs. 36 & 37. 
Taonius, Stp., and T. hyperboreus, Stp., redefined more fully ; Hoyle, 
(184) pp. 315-318, 321, & 322. 
Leachia, Lesueur, redefined ; id. t. c. p. 325. 
Loligopsis restricted, as by Steenstrup & Verrill, to type species (A. 
