16 CATALOGUE OP CEPHALOPODA. 



Octopus caerulescens Peron, Blainv. Diet, cles Sc. Nat. xlii. 129, 

 1826 ; D'Orbigny et Ferussac, Mon. cles Ceph. Acet. 65. ; D'Or- 

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



Hab. New Holland, Island of Dorre. Peron. 



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

 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, 

 D' Orb. Tab. cles Ceph. Ann. Sc. Nat. 54. n. 6. ; Blainville, Diet, 

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

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



Polypus longipes Leach, Journ. cle Phys. lxxxvi. 394. 1818. 



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



aranea D'Orbigny. 



31. Octopus brevitentaculatus. 



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. cles Ceph. Acet. 36. n. 4., Moll. Viv. et Fos. i. 186. 

 n. 30. 



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



Hab. . 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 Pang, Moll. MSS. ; D' Orbigny et Ferussac, 

 Mem. cles Ceph. Acet. 64., Poulpes, t. 21. f. 8, 9. 1838; D'Or- 

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



Hab. Atlantic Ocean, Goree. 



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



