A List of the Generic Names nf Dibranchi^te Cpplialopurta witli tiieir type spccies. 411 



MfisfiffofetifhLs, Venill. 18sl. M. ugussisü, Vll., 1881 |moiiotyi)ic|. 



Mciralorramiiia. Tfeffer, 18f>4, M. maxima, l'fr., 1884 (iiion<)tyi>ic| (^ Desinotentliis). 



MfgaloteiUliis, Keiit, isTJ. M. hitrveyi, lfS74 |uionot>i)ic| ("=:: Arrhiteuthus), 



MegatfUtlius. Ililjieiuiort'. 1S80. M. iiiaiiensii. Hilgdf., 188Ü Imoiiotyiiic] f— Arr/iitruthuM). 



Melenijroteiithis, l't'eH'or. VMM. M.hoijhi, Pfr., 1!»00 |monotypic]. llainliiiiiL; Mus.! 



Metdsepia, Hoyle. 1885. M. pfefferi, Hoyle, iSiSf) |monotyi)ic|. Hrit. Mus. ! 



Miei'dhrfifia, rtcrtci-, ÜtüO. Ahralia lineata, Goodricli, 1890 |monotypic|. Indian Mus.-" 



Micnitt'utlüs. Oitiiiaiiii, 1888. M. parado.va, Ort.ni.. ]88s Inidiiotypic.] (^ ffHose/tiHs). 



Jloroteiithis, \'enill, 1881. Otmtutstrcphcfi robustus. Dali, MS., 187G [nion()tipic|. 



3losriiifes, Schneider, 1784 [no type given|.^' 



Mouchezia, Velaiii, InTT. M. sandi-pauH, Vel., 1^77 |iiioiiotypic| (=^ Arr/ilfei(thiis). 



Nectofeut/iis, Venill, 1883. N. pourtalcsi, \'eiTill, 18,s3 [moiiotypicj. 



Ort<tj>odot('>ithis, Rüi)pi'il. 1844 (em.). 0. sicida, Rüpp.. Isll |monotypic|. 



Oetopoteutliis = Orfojtodotcufhift.-- 



Octopus. Lainarck, 17118. ü. vuhjans. Lnik., 17118 |.-^p. tirst meiitioned | (=z Poh/jtH.s). 



Ocytlioe, Leacii. 1817. (). crnnehii, Leach, 1817 [mouotypicj (= Arf/otuiutfi/. 



Ocijthoe, KatiiU'S(iue, Is] i. (). fitlterailata, Hat'., 1814 fmonotypic]. 



Otn iHdstfephes, d'Orbigtiy. 1835. Loliyo sayiUahi, var. u Lamarck, 171t8 [sji. first mentioned, 



elimination, Verrill, 1880, Steonstrup, 1880 1. 

 Oniniatostrepbes. Loven. 1846, emendatiou of OmiHastrephex. 



Uiiychia. Lesueur, 1821 (em.). 0. airihhun, Los., 1821 |desigiiationJ (^ Tefeoteuthis).^^ 

 Oitychoteuthis, Lichteiisteiii. 1818. 0. hergii, Licht., 1818 (= LoUyo hanksii, Leach, l.sl7) 



[designationj.-* 

 Ouykia, Lesueur, 1821 (see Onyehia em.). 



OiHsthotruthis, \'errill. 1883. O. agassizil, Vll., 1883 [mouotypic]. 

 Ournteuthis. I'. Fischer, in: Filhol, 1885. 0. megaptera, P.Fischer, 1885 (nonicii ividum). 

 Uwenia. Prosch, l.s47 (subg.j. 0. meyahps, Prosch, 1847 [monotypic] (^= Cranchia). 

 Ozoena, Rafinesque, 1814. Octopus moschntus, Lamarck, 1798 [monotypic] f= Mosvhites). 

 Perotiiis, Eschsciioltz, in: Rathke. I.s33. P. eschschoUzii, Rathke, 1833 |designatioii| (= Learhia). 

 I'liasmatopsis, de Rochebrune, 1884. 1'. cymodgpiis, Rocheb., 1884 jmonotypicj (= Taouiusi. 



Mus. Paris.! 

 Philonexis. (rorbigny. 1835 (subg ). P. quoymins, d'Orb., 1835 [s]). lirst iiamedj f= Tremortojni.s). 

 JHuiiorfopus, dOrbiguy. ls45. Octopus conJiformh, Quoy it (iaimard, ls32 |monotypicJ. 

 Plectoteuthis, Owen, is.sl. P. gntndis, Owen, 1881 [monotypicj (= Architeuthim). 



* This is probably the yimng of some species of Ahralia. 



'' Froni tiie definition Moschites is the same as Eledone Leach and niust therefore take tlie type of that genus, 

 whi<h is Octopus moscliatu.s Lamarck. 



■--' There can he no reas(jnable doubt that this spellinj; is the result of a printer's error .and that the rectification 

 to OctoiJixloteKthis made by Krohn in 184ö is fully justiticd, 



'■" Although two species "O.car/tÄoea" and "0. aM(/«/«^i<Ä" are refcrred to by Lesueur, yet in as much as one 

 is described and the othcr merely refcrred to, the former has every claim to be regarded as the type; Teleoteuthis 

 Verrill has precedence over this name which was preoccupiod in Entomology. 



" I regard this as a case of " type by original designation ' because this species is described and tigured from 

 an aotual specinien, whereas the others are merely based upoii the more or less inadequatc accounts of previous writers. 



