16 CATALOGUE OF CEPHALOPODA. 



Octopus caBrulescens Peron, Blainv. Diet, des Sc. Nat. xlii. 129. 

 1826 ; nOrhigny et Fermsac^ Mon. des Ceph. Acet. 65. ; D'Or- 

 bigny, Moll. Viv. et Fos. i. 185. n. 24. 



Hah. E"ew Holland, Island of Dorre. Peron. 



The form of the cups, if correct, would indicate a diflferent 

 family. 



5 § Species requiring further Examination. 



30. Octopus longipes. 



Body elongated, oval, glabrous, grey spotted with black. Arms 

 very long, slender. Cups large, rather prominent. 



Octopus longipes Leach, Zool. Miscell. iii. 137. 1817; Ferussac, 

 UOrl. Tab. des Ceph. Ann. Sc. Nat. 54. n. 6.; Blainville, Diet, 

 des Sc. Nat. xliii. 189.; D'Orbigny et Ferussac, Mon. des Ceph. 

 Acet. 67., Moll. Viv. et Fos. i. 187. n. 31. 



Polypus longipes Leach, Journ. de Phys. Ixxxvi. 394. 1818. 



Hah. ? Mus. Oxford. Probably O. Cuvieri or O. 



aranea D'Orbigny. 



31. Octopus bbevitentaculatus. 



Body (in spirits) short, globular, smooth, not tubercled. Arms 

 thick, cirrous, conical, short ; proportion of length, 2, 3, 4, 1 ; 

 the longest only three times as long as the head. Cups large. 



Octopus brevitentaculatus Blainv. Diet. Sc. Nat. xliii. 187.; D'Or- 

 bigny, Mon. des Ceph. Acet. 36. n. 4., Moll. Viv. et Fos. i. 186. 

 n. 30. 



O. vulgaris contracted D'Orb. Moll. Viv. et Fos. i. 187. 



Hah. . Mus. Paris, three specimens. 



32. Octopus venustus. 



Body oval, purse-formed, smooth ; aperture large. Head short, 

 rather broad ; eyes prominent. Arms rather short, nearly 

 equal. Cups small. Rang. 



Octopus venustus Rang, Moll. MSS.; D'Orbigny et Ferv^sac, 

 Mem. des Ceph. Acet. 64., Poulpes, t. 21. f. 8, 9. 1838; UOr- 

 bigny, Moll. Viv. et Fos. i. 175. n. 7. 



Hah. Atlantic Ocean, Goree. 



"Perhaps from a young specimen." D'Orbigny. 



