10 catalogue of cephalopoda. 



11. Octopus brevipes. 



Body oblong, large, smooth. Head short, broad. Eyes prominent, 

 without eyelids. Arms conical, very short, nearly equal, about 

 one third the length of the animal ; upper pair rather longest. 

 — Bluish, with red spots. Eyes silvery, with a blue spot above 

 them. Perhaps young. D'Orb. 



Octopus brevipes D'Orbigny, Voy. dans VAmer. Mer. Moll. 22. 

 t. 1. f. 1 — 3.; D'Orbigny et Ferussac, Man. des Ceph. Acet. 61., 

 Poulpes, t. 17. f. 1. ; D'Orbigny, Moll. Viv. et Fos. i. 174. n. 6. 



Hab. Atlantic Ocean. 



ff Body bearded. 



12. Octopus horridus. 



Body short, smooth, round, with numerous regularly placed diverg- 

 ing beards. Head short, with diverging beards round the eyes. 

 Arms short, thick, tive or six bearded externally, nearly equal, 

 conico-subulate ; order of length, 4, 3, 2, 1. Cups rather large, 

 subequal ; one or two lowest, especially of the second pair of 

 dorsal arms, one-rowed. Web moderate, extending up the 

 outer edge of the arms. — Bluish ? when alive, with large 

 regular round white spots (seen also when in spirits). 



Octopus horridus D'Orbigny, Sav. Descr. de VEgypte, Atlas, 

 Cephal. t. 1. f. 2. ; D'Orbigny, Tab. des Ceph. 54. n. 4. ; Au- 

 douin, Explicat. des Planches de Sav. 3. p. 2. ; Ehrenberg, 

 Cephalopoda, Octopus, n. 2.; D'Orbigny et Ferussac, Mon. des 

 Ceph. Acet. 51., Poulpes, t. 7. f. 3. ; D'Orbigny, Moll. Viv. et 

 Fos. i. 178. n. 15. 



O. fimbriatus Rilppell, MS. (in Brit. Mus.) ; D'Orb. et Ferussac, 

 Ceph. Acet. 64., Moll. Viv. et Fos. i. 179. n. 16. 



O. Argus Krauss, Sud-Afr. Moll. 132. t. 6. f. 28. 



Hab. Bed Sea. 



a. Bed Sea. In spirits. From Dr. Edward BiippelTs Col- 

 lection, as " 0. fimbriatus Rilppell." 



13. Octopus aculeatus. 



Body short, rounded, small, covered near the head with numerous 

 beards. Head longly bearded ; beards crowded, forming a circle 

 round the eyes. Arms thick, elongated, bearded externally, 

 unequal ; order of length, 4, 2, 3, 1. Cups very large and very 

 numerous. Web short. — When alive, whitish. 



Octopus aculeatus D'Orb. Tab. des Ceph. Poulpes, t. 7. 1823; 

 D'Orb. et Ferussac, Mon. des Ceph. Acet. 53., Poulpes, t. 7, 8. 23. : 

 D'Orb. Moll. Viv. et Fos. i. 183. n. 21. 



