o catalogue of cephalopoda. 



5. Octopus Hardwickei. 



Body roundish, oblong. Middle of the back, back of the head, and 

 the eyelids warty. Ocular tentacles none; eyelid smooth. 

 Arms moderate, rather slender ; proportionate length, 4, 3, 2, 1. 

 Cups rather large; the five or six lowest rather far apart, one- 

 rowed. Web rather broad, quite smooth above. 



Octopus Hardwickei Gray^ Brit. Mm. 1826. 



Hab. Indian Ocean. 



a, h. Singapore ? In spirits. Captain Hay's Collection. 



ff If Body granvlar. 



6. Octopus rugosus.' 



Body oval, purse-shaped, large, with a deep groove above. Head 

 and arms and upper part of body covered with roundish tu- 

 bercles, not bearded. Head short, warty ; ocular beard one, 

 elongated. Arms short, thick, conical ; the order of the length 

 is 4, 3, 2, 1. Cups large, of upper part of arm rather smaller, 

 lowest one-rowed. Web short. — When alive, violet-brown, 

 white beneath : side of the arms netted with brown lines. 



Polypus mas Seha, Thes. iii. t. 2. f. 2, 3 ?, 1758. 



Octopus Barker^ Phil. Trans. 1. 777. t. 29. f. 1 — 4.; Bruguiere^ 



Encyc. Meth. t. 76. f. 1,2.; Shaw, Miscell. x. 359. 

 Le Poulpe granuleux Montfort, Buff, de Sonnini Moll. iii. 30. t. 29. 

 Le Poulpe Americain de Barker Montfort^ Buff, de Sonn. iii. 38. t. 



30. 1802. 

 Sepia rugosa Bosc, Act. de la Soc. d'Hist. Nat. t. 5. f. 1, 2. 1792. 

 Sepia granulosa Bosc, Buff, de Deterville Vers. i. 47. 1802. 

 Octopus granulatus Lamarck., Mem. de la Soc. d'Hist. Nat. de 



Paris, i. 20. p. 2. 1799; Hist. An. s. Vert. vii. 658. ; Ferussac, 



I)' Orb. Tab. des Cephal. 53. n. 2.; Blainv. Diet, des Sc. Nat. 



xliii. 185. ; Philippi, Enum. Sicil. 241. n. 3. 

 Octopus Barkerii Ferussac, D'Orb. Tab. des Ceph. 54. n. 3. 1826. 

 Octopus americanus Blainv. Diet, des Sc. Nat. xliii. 189. 1826. 

 Octopus rugosus Blainv. Diet. Sc. Nat. xliii. 185. 1826; D'Or- 



bigny et Ferussac, Mem. des Cephal. Acet. 45., Poulpes, t. 6. p. 



23.; D'Orbigny, Moll, des Antilles, i. 18., Moll. Viv. et Fos. i. 



171. n. 3. 



Hab. Atlantic Ocean, Indian Ocean. 



a. Valparaiso. In spirits. Mr. Bridges's Collection. The 

 fourth, or lower, pair of arms rather shorter than the 

 third pair. 



