DIACxNOSES OF NEW CEPHALOPODS FROM THE HAWAIIAN ISLANDS. By S. wStillman Berry, Of Stanford Univer.Kity, California. Prior to the publication of a final report on the ccphalopods col-lected by the U. S. Bureau of Fisheries steamer Albatross in the Hawaiian Islands it was deemed best to issue the present paper to contain preliminary diagnoses of such forms as are believed to be new, leaving more detailed and completely illustrated descriptions until the appearance of the main report. It is hoped, however, that the following observations will, in the meanwhile, prove useful to other students of the group and sufficient for the ready recognition of the species. The illustrations for this paper are from drawings by ^Ir. Henry V. Poor, excepting fig. 1, which is from a photograph by Mr. John H. Paine, of Stanford University. Genus POLYPUS Schneider, 1784. POLYPUS HOYLEI, new species. Body rounded, depressed above and below, about as long as broad, covered with a loose skin of a rather gelatinous consistency; an obscure longitudinal groove in the median ventral region. Man-tle-opening small and lunate, extending but little beyond the funnel on either side. Head broad ; neck slightly constricted ; eyes very large, with small openings, above which on either side are two prominent, nipple-like tubercles or cirri, each with a pore-like depression in its center. Near these are one or two fainter and smaller papillae, and a few others, equally or more obscure, are scattered over the dorsal surface of the body. Surface, except for the above-mentioned tubercles and papillae, smooth, very finely reticulated with extremely minute papilla or wrinkles, and very soft to the touch, which are apparently not due to the action of the preserving fluid. Siphon of moderate size, bluntly conical, connected above with the basal portion of the umbrella and extending forward for about one-third the length of the latter. Proceedings U. S. National Museum, Vol. 37— No. 1 71 3. 407
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