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* Tivo upper Pairs of Arms longest, free ; lower very small. 



1. Philonexis atlanticus. 



Body smooth, roundish, large. Head of moderate size, smooth. 

 Eyes prominent, large, without eyelids. Water-bearing apertures 

 two above. Arms slender, unequal ; in order, 1, 2, 4, 3; not 

 webbed, except at the base. Cups peduncled. — White, spotted 

 with red. 



Octopus (Philonexis) atlanticus D'Orb. Voy. Amer. Merid. Moll. 



19. t. 11. f. 1—4. 1835. 

 Philonexis atlanticus D'Orb. Mon. Ceph. Acet. 98., Poulpes, t. 



16. f. 4, 5. 1838, Moll. Viv. et Fos. i. 203. 1845. 

 P. Quoyianus, jun. ? D'Orb. 1. c. 203. 



Hab. Atlantic Ocean, under the tropics. 



** The upper Pair of Arms very long, free ; rest short. 



2. Philonexis Eglais. 



Body ovate, large ; skin thick, dilated, and covered all over with 

 small rounded peduncled horny buttons which are divided into 

 five or six equal regular lobes round a common centre. Head 

 very small. Eyes prominent. Arms very unequal, and two 

 upper arms very long; order of length, 1, 2, 3, 4; inferior very 

 short. — White ; back red spotted, above the eyes blue. 



Octopus (Philonexis) Eglais D'Orb. Voy. Amer. Merid. Moll. 20. 



t. 1. f. 18. 14. 1835. 

 Philonexis Eglais D'Orb. Mon. Ceph. Acet. 102., Poulpes, t. 17. f. 



4, 5. 1838, Moll. Viv. et Fos. i. 204. 1845. 



Hab. North Atlantic Ocean. 



3. Philonexis microstomus. 



Body rounded, large, smooth, reddish. Head broad. Eyes very 

 large, prominent. Arms smooth, short, very unequal, not 

 webbed ; order of length, 1 , 2, 4, 3 ; upper three times as long as 

 lower. 



Octopus microstomus Regnaud, Mag. de Zool. 23. 1834. 

 Philonexis microstomus D'Orb. Mon. Ceph. Acet. 101., Poulpes, t. 



10. f. 5. 1838, Moll. Viv. et Fos. i. 204. 1845. 

 P. atlanticus, jun.? D'Orb. 1. c. 205. 



Hab. North Atlantic Ocean. 



