130 CIKUnTKl THIS. TR KMOCTUPL S. 



(icuis CIKROTEUTHIS, Eschrieht. 

 C. Ml Li.EHi. Ksfhr. PI. 4-_>. tigs. Ti^-T:"). 



Body siiKx^tli. purse-shaped, with medial and dorsal lateral 

 expansions or tins, head narrower, with very small eyes; arms 

 equal, united almost to their ends Ity a thin web. whieh is so 

 ample as to form a sort of pouch between each ; about thirty 

 small suckers in a single row on each arm. with a pair of tiliform 

 cirri between each sucker. Color violet. 



Length of animal, •2r)i) mill.; of body. SO mill.; of arms, 110 



mill. 



Oreenland. 



Family 11. TRKMOCTOPID.E. 



(4enus TREMOCTOPUS. Chiaje. 



T. Atlantioi s. ()rl>. PI. 42. tigs. TC. 77. 



Body smooth, ronudisli. largi' ; head modei'ate. smool h ; eyes 

 lai'ge. witliout lids; acpieous pores two ; arms slendei-. unecpial. 

 in order 1. -J. 4. 8; not wel)bed except at base. Wliite spotted 

 with red. 



Habits nocturnal. Pelagic. 



Differs from T. Qitoi/diu/^ l)y the want of mend»ranes 1)etween 

 the superior arms, and of tiie lower aquiferous pores. It is 

 certainly not adult, and may lie tlie yotnig of T. Qiioi/aniis as 

 d'Orbigny suggests. 



Total length, la mill.; of body. 4 mill.; lengtli of arms 1. 10 



mill.; -2. f) mill.; 4. :! niill. ; :'>. 1 mill. 



Tropiral AtUiittic Ocean. 



T. MICROSTOMIS. Pxegn. PI. 42. lig. 7S. 



Body rounded, large, smooth, ri'ddish.; head bi'oad ; eyes very 

 prominent; arms smooth, short, not webbed; order of length 

 1,2,4.8. 



Total length, 22 mill. 



Trocehel* considers (). Kcellikeri, Verany (PI. 4o, tig. 7D), the 

 female of this species. 1)'( )rl)igny thinks it the same as T. Atlan- 

 ticus above. 



*Archiv. I, 44, 18o7. 



