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in a minute conical papilla at the base of the modified tip ; this is very small, 

 narrow, tapered, acute, with thickened margins and a narrow median groove, 

 which is crossed by numerous, very small, transverse furrows. Color of the 

 upper surface of the body, head, and basal web pale purplish brown, mottled 

 and streaked with darker ; the color is due to numerous minute purplish chro- 

 matophores, among which there are a few larger, more definite, dark broAvn 

 ones ; the warts appear to have been paler ; the cirri are yellowish white with- 

 out chromatophores. The lower side of the body, head, siphon, and arms, with 

 the inner surface of the arms, is yellowish white, having very few chromato- 

 phores, among which are a few very definite, small, dark bro^v^^ ones. 



Length of body, 17 mm.; of body and head, 22 mm.; breadth of body, 

 13 mm.; of head, 13 mm.; breadth of web, from mouth, 13 mm.; length of 

 second pair of arms, 52 mm.; of first pair, 50 mm.; of third pair, 51 mm.; of 

 the ventral arms, 50 mm.; of the hectocotylized arm, 45 mm.; length of the 

 modified tip, 2.5 mm.; its breadth, 1 mm. 



Stations 278, in 69 fathoms, and 296, in 84 fathoms, off Barbados, 1878-79. 

 Three specimens. 



Octopus pictus Verrill, sp. nov. 

 Plate III. Fig. 3. 



Body relatively large, oblong, smooth, bluntly rounded posteriorly. There 

 is no constriction between the head and body, and the head is rather broader 

 than the body; eyes large, rather prominent. There is a single small rounded 

 wart over each eye. Web between the arms rather small, thin, extending 

 about one fourth the length of the arms, narrower between the ventral arms. 

 Arms moderately long, nearly equal in size and length. Suckers relatively 

 large, in two rows, not crowded ; the two basal suckers are small, nearly in the 

 middle line, the innermost ones forming a regular circle around the mouth. 

 The color is peculiar; over the entire surface of the body, above and below, and 

 on the upper surfaces of head, arms, and web, there are numerous rather large 

 distinct, round, reddish brown or dark brown spots, usually with a darker cen- 

 tral point ; between these there are numerous minute, lighter colored chromato- 

 phores ; inner surfaces of the web and arms yellowish white. 



Length of the head and body, 8 mm. ; breadth of body, 6 mm. ; length of the 

 arms, 16 mm. 



Station 142, in 27 fathoms, Flannegan Passage, and Station 278, in 69 

 fathoms, oflf Barbados, 1878-79. One young specimen from each place. 



Although the specimens are probably the young of some larger species, it is 

 unlike any of the described West Indian forms kno^-n to me in its peculiar 

 ocellated coloration and the very smooth suiiace of its body, with only a single 

 wart above the eye. 



