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** Lower Cups crowded. 

 f Body smooth^ not bearded. 



7. Octopus Favonia. 



Body (in spirits) oblong, smooth, without any beards. Eyes 

 without beards. Arms moderate, conical ; relative length, 3, 2, 

 1, 4. Webs moderate, with hard transparent granulations above, 

 especially between the dorsal arms. Cups similar, subequal, 

 large ; the two or three lowest one-rowed. 



O. Indicus Gray, Brit. Mm. 1830 ; not D'Orb. 



Hah. Indian Ocean. 



a. Singapore. In spirits. Presented by General Hardwicke. 



8. Octopus Eudora. 



Body smooth. Ocular tentacles none. Arms rather short, sub- 

 quadrangular, not fringed on the outer edge ; relative length, 2, 

 3, 4, 1 ; three upper pairs subequal. Web short, rather broader 

 below. Cups moderate, subequal, regular; one or two lowest 

 near mouth one-rowed. 



Hob. Atlantic Ocean. 



a, 5. Jamaica. In spirits. JVIr. Gosse's Collection. 



9. Octopus Tchuelchus. 



Body round, short, smooth. Head smooth. Arms elongated, 

 compressed, nearly equal ; the order of their length, 4, 1, 3, 2. 

 Cups about a hundred on the longest arms. Web thin. Siphun- 

 cle elongate, narrow. — When alive blackish brown, whitish 

 beneath 



Octopus Tchuelchus D'Orh. Voy. dam VAmer. Mer. v., Moll. 27. 

 t. 1. f. 6, 7. 1835; UOrh. et Ferms. Mem. des Ceph. Acetah. 

 55., Poulpes, t. 17„ 31oll. Viv. et Fos. i. 172. n. 4. 



Hab. Atlantic Ocean, Patagonia. D'Orb. 



10. Octopus Cassiopea. 



Body (in spirits) smooth, oblong, moderately long. Ocular beard 

 one, conical, medial, posterior. Arms moderate, rather thick at 

 the base; proportionate length, 2, 3, 4, 1. Web short, rather 

 broader beneath, smooth above. Cups moderate, subequal ; of 

 the third pair of arms rather the largest. 



Hab. Mediterranean. 



a. Marseilles. In spirits. Presented by J. Ritchie, Esq. 



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