128 PINNOCTOPUS, ELEDONE. 



Genus PINNOCTOPUS, Oil). 

 P. CORDIFORMIS, QllOV. PI. 4(1. tio;. (U. 



Body orbicular, tubei-ciilntt'. wiiiocd ; arms long, nearly o(|ual. 

 lateral ones shortest ; eves rather prominent. Red ])rown ; arms 

 with pale blue lunules. 



Total length, 89 in.; h'noth of body. H in. 



Nerc Zealand. 



Genu,.^ ELEDONE, Leach. 



a. Ocular cirri tie; arms sub-equal. 



E. MOSCHATiis, Lam. PL 40, tigs. (i5, fifi. 



Body o])long, smootli, minutely granulate or eirrose at the 

 will of the animal; arms elongate, graceful. Color grayish or 

 yellowish, with spots of blackisli punctations, the border of the 

 umbrella bluish. 



Total length. 440 mill.; length of arms, 800 mill.; of body, 

 9 mill. 



Having the odor of musk — even after death. 



This species inhabits from 10 to 100 metres in (lei)th. rocky as 

 well as sandy shores ; it appears in the markets of (ienoa in 

 (luautities from September to May. It is able to throw itself 

 out of the Avater to a distance of S or 10 feet, and can also eject 

 water from its funnel for ovei' a foot. Verany has seen it repeat 

 this jet eight times, taking six to ciglit respii-atious ])etween 

 each jet. 



Notwithstamling its musky odor, tiiis species is preferred for 

 food to E. Aldrovandi : some skin it. and others use seasoning 

 to diminish this odor. Its flesh is more tender than that of the 

 Octo])us, but it has less taste and is not so well liked. It is used 

 Itoiled. as a salad, fi'ied or as a ragout. It is called Moscariello 

 at Naples. Purpu Muscai'cddii in Sicily, Moscardino at Leghorn 

 and (Jenoa. Nouscarin at Nice, and Purpu Muscao in Sardinia. 



Mediterranean. 



The women of the tribe of M'talassa (Algiers) anoint their 

 hair with the black li([uid which they collect from this mollusk, 

 but whether they use it as a dye or for the sake of its musk-like 

 perfume, I do not know. The perfume appears to me to be 

 capable of industrial use. — Aucapitaine, Rev. el Mag. ZooL, 

 366, 1862. 



