12 CATALOGUE OF CEPHALOPODA. 



Octopus tetracirrhus Belle Chiaje Moll. MS.; UOrbigny et Fe- 

 russac, Mon. des Ceph. Acet. 36. n. 5., Poidpes, t. 22. ; UOr- 

 bigny, Moll. Viv. et Fos. i. 175. n. 8. 



Hah. Mediterranean. 



18. Octopus superciliosus. 



Body oval, acuminated behind, slightly granular, longly bearded ; 

 one beard being posterior, seven or eight on the back, and 

 some in two lines on the sides, forming a kind of crest which is 

 sometimes indistinct. Head very distinct, swollen, smooth in 

 the middle, with some tubercles over the eyes. Arms elongated, 

 angular, conical, nearly equal ; order of their length, 2, 4, 3, 1. 

 Cups far apart, large; beak without lateral wings. — When 

 alive, white. 



Octopus superciliosus Quay Sf Gaim. Zool. clu Voy. de TAst. ii. 28. 

 t. 6. f. 4. 1832; D ' Orbigny et Ferussac, Mon. des Ceph. Acet. 

 41., Poidpes, 1. 10. 28. ; D'Orbigny, Moll. Viv. etFos. i. 180. n. 18. 



Hab. Bass's Straits, Australia. 



tttt Body granular, rough. 



19. Octopus Boscii. 



Body roundish ; back of head and arms closely acutely granulated ; 

 back with a few regularly placed larger tubercles. Eyes with 

 three conical beards. Arms elongate, granulated, without any 

 beards externally ; the upper pair with a very wide dorsal mem- 

 brane, the other with a narrow one arising from the outer side. 

 Cups in two regular marginal series. Web moderate, granu- 

 lated above. 



Sepia rugosa Peron, 3IS. 



Octopus Boscii LeSueur, Journ. Acad. Nat. Set. PhUad. ii. 101. 



1822.; If Orb. et Ferussac, Mon. des Ceph. Acet. 68.; D 'Or- 



bigny, Moll. Viv. et Fos. i. 186. n. 26. 

 Octopus variolatus Peron, Blainv. Diet. Sc. Nat. xliii. 186. 1826. 



Hab. New Holland. 



a. New Holland. ? In spirits. Presented by J. B. Jukes, 

 Esq. 



20. Octopus tuberculatus. 



Body short, round, covered with irregular papillary granular warts ; 

 back with four conical, acute, diverging beards. Head short, 

 warty ; ocular beards two, the hinder elongated. Arms granu- 

 lar, cirrose, short, unequal ; the order in length of the arms is 



