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several villages on the Island of Karkenah supply about 3000 
ewts., and the Jubah waters a third part of this quantity. On 
the shores from the village of Luesa to that of Chenies, in the 
Gulf of _Khabs, the natives collect from 4 to 5 ewts. of cuttle-fish 
a day, during the season; but this supply generally serves for 
the consumption of the regency. 
“The Tunisian Government claims a third of all the polypi 
fished upon its coast. The selling price varies from 25 to 50 
shillings per cwt. Polypi are prepared for exportation by simply 
salting and drying them. Malta receives the largest share of 
the Tunisian polypi, but they are only sent to that island for 
ultimate transportation to Greece and other parts of the Levant. 
“ Portugal is one of the few countries that competes with Tunis 
in supplying the Greek markets with polypi. In Greece they 
are either sold after being pickled, at from £12. 16s., to £15. 9s., 
the cantar of 176 lbs., or in their original dried state, at £12 to 
£14, but these prices fluctuate according to the results of the 
season’s fishing. 
“Polypi are taken in deep water by means of earthen jars 
strung together and lowered to the bottom of the sea, where they 
are allowed to remain for a certain number of hours, and in which 
the animals introduce themselves. Frequently from eight to ten 
polypi are taken from every jar at each visit of the fishermen. 
In less deep water earthenware drain-pipes are placed side by 
side, for distances frequently exceeding half a mile in length, 
and in these also they enter, and are taken by the fishermen. 
As they are attracted by white and all smooth and bright sub- 
stances, the natives deck places in the creeks and hollows in the 
rocks, with white rocks and shells, over which the polypi spread 
themselves, and are caught from four to eight at atime. But 
the most successful manner of securing them is pursued by the 
inhabitants of Karkenah, who form long lanes and labyrinths in 
the shallows, by planting the butt-ends of palm branches at short 
distances from each other, and these constructions extend over 
spaces of two or more miles. On the ebb of the tide (the fall is 
here about 10 feet) the octopodia are found in the pools inside 
the enclosures, and are easily collected by the fishermen, who 
string them in bunches of fifty each, and from eight to ten of 
these bunches, called ‘risina,’ are secured daily during the 
season, by every boat’s crew of four men.’—Simmonps, Com- 
mercial Products of the Sea. 
AMPHIOCTOPUS, Fischer, 1882. Proposed for O. membranaceus, 
Quoy, the body of which is provided with a thin membrane on 
either side, not reaching its extremity. 
prerocropus, Fischer, 1882. Arms united to their extremity 
by a membrane. O. tetracirrhus, Delle Chiaje. Mediterranean 
