30 CATALOGUE OF CEPHALOPODA. 



1. OCYTHOE. 



See character of the Familv. 



Ocythoe Rafin. Anal, Nat. 1815 ; Leach, Phil. Trans. 1818; Blainv. 



Malac. 1825. 

 Octopus e. Blamville, Malac. 1825. 

 Ocytoe UOrh. Moll. Viv. et Fos. p. 223. (misprint ?). 

 Shell, Argonauta Linn. 

 Nautilus, Nautileus, Aristoteles. 

 Nautilus, Pompilius, Plinius. 

 Cymbium Gualteri, 1742. 

 Argonauta Linn., Brug., Rafin. Anal. Nat. 1815 ; Risso, Eur. 



Merid. 1826 ; Lamarck, D'Orh. Moll. Viv. et Fos. i. 260. 



1. Ocythoe tuberculatus. 



Animal elongate. Body oblong, smooth. Eyes large, prominent. 

 Arms unequal; in the following order, 1, 4, 2, 3 ; the dorsal pair 

 elongate ; the second and third pairs without any internal 

 groove; the third pair depressed their whole length. Si- 

 phuncle united to the base of the arms by a lateral mem- 

 brane. 



Ocythoe tuberculata Rafinesque, Precis de Decouv. Somiol. 29. 



Ocythoe Argos Deshayes, Enc. Meth. iii. 643. 



Ocythoe antiquorum Leach, Zool. Miscel. iii. 139., Journ. de Phys. 



Ixxxvi. 394. ; Blainv. Journ. de Phys. Ixxxvi. 360. 434 — 447. 

 Ocythoe probatio Leach, Phil. Trans. 



Octopus antiquorum Blainv. Diet. Sc. Nat. xliii. 192. t. 1 bis, f. 1. 

 Octopus Argonauta Blainv. Malacol. 366. t. 1 bis, f. 1. 

 Octopus tuberculatus Blainv. Diet. Sc. Nat. xliii. 196. 

 ? Argonauta compressa Blainv. Diet. Sc. Nat. 212. 

 Argonauta Argo D'Orb. Paleont. univ. t. 1,2. f. 1 — 5., Paleont. 



Strang, t. 1. t. 2. f. 1—5., 3Ioll. Viv. et Foss. i. 226. t. 6 and 7. 



f. 1—5. 

 Hab. Mediterranean, Cape of Good Hope, Indian Ocean. 



a. Mediterranean. Adult, without shell. In spirits. Pre- 



sented by Rev. W. Hennah. 



b. Mediterranean. Junior, without shell. In spirits. Pre- 



sented by Rev. W. Hennah. 



c. Mediterranean. Adult, without shell. In spirits. Pre- 



sented by J. Bates, Esq., R. N. 



d. Mediterranean. Adult, without shell, with eggs. In 



spirits. Presented by W. E. Leach, M. D. 

 " Ocythoe probatio " Leach. 



