r98 Records of the Indian Museum. [ Vor. EF, 
XXII, p. 98 (1897); Polypus punctatus, Wulker, Abh. d. I. Kl. d. 
k. Ak. d. Wiss. 111 Supple.-Bd., I Abh., p. 7 (1910) ; Polypus hong- 
kongensis, Berry, Bull. Bur. Fish., XXX, pp. 280-4, pls. 35, fig. 3; 
36, hg. 1; 30, figs. 3-4; 40, fig. 1 (1912) ; Proc. Acad. Nat. Sct. Phil., 
Pp» 391 (1912). 
M 5112 ‘Investigator’ station 237: 13-iv-1898, Andaman Sea, 13° 
N., 93° 7’ E., 90 fathoms—One ¢ 
M *1*7 ‘ Investigator’ station 465: 22-iv-1912, S. of Ceylon, 5° 50’ N., 
81° 22’ E., 109-132 fathoms—One 9. 
S112 
Specimen M **'* agrees exactly with the ‘ Challenger’ example 
in the British Museu in shape of body and general appearance, 
distribution of web, brown coloured ELISE S ny CTS round 
tubercles and large cirri under eyes. 
The funnel organ was apparently W-shaped but the lateral 
pads have become very indistinct 
Specimen M *4*’ is darker, being of a reddish-brown mottled 
with black on the upper surface. The web is highest laterally 
but the ventral arms and web are longer than the dorsal. The 
entire surface, including inside of web, is tubercled, and there are 
also oblong wart-like folds on the dorsal surface of the body and 
arms. Funnel organ W-shaped. 
The principal dimensions are appended :— 
Specimen number ... es Sa Nee ip soe 
mm. mm. 
End of body to mantle-margin oe 14 54 
9 OME ee te 16 63 
Breadth of body ~.. és cee 12 51 
m heads. ne 9 Be 
Eye to umbrella Re ep ee 15 51 
Ist right arm Se oe; Se 70 140 
2NG 550 55 side ae Lt 62 less tip. 170 
hao aN mee as A : ie 38 190 
Athteses RS Sie ee ... mutilated. 170 
ES tylettamias ae ah at 70 150 
2nd ,, i rae “is oe 60 less tip. 172 
SyRales ) y ete Se fas 79 187 
ARB OW Yip sa F oy 67 133 less tip. 
Diameter of largest sucker oe I 6 
Hectocotylus Bat i ae 3 less tip. 
Disiribution.—Indo-Malayan Region, Japan, Alaska, British 
Columbia, California. 
Type.—A male in the British Museum. 
Type locality.—Offt Ino Sima Island, Japan, 345 fathoms. 
Polypus levis, Hoyle. 
Octopus levis, Hoyle, Diagnoses I, p. 229; Prelim. Rep., I, p. 104 
(1885) ; ‘ Challenger’ Rep., XV1 (Cephalopoda), pp. 98-99, pl. 2, figs. 
1-4, pl. 3, fig. 1 (1886). 
M #285 « Investigator,’ Indian seas, Marine Survey of India—One ¢. 
Compared with the large type male this has the same shaped 
head and body, and wide web not attaining much development on 
