octthoid^; : OCYTHOE. 33 



Argonauta tuberculata Shaw, Nat. Misc. xxiii. t. 995. ; Dillwyn, 

 Descript. Cat. 334. ; Blainville, Journ. cle Phys. lxxxvi. 445. f. 1. 

 a, b, c. ; Wood, Lid. Test. 62. n. 2. t. 13. f. 2. ; Bowdich, Ele- 

 ments of Conch, t. 13. f. 4. ; Ferussac, Diet. Class, i. 552. n. 3. ; 

 UOrbigny, Prodr. 48. n. 3.; Eichwald, Zool. Spec. ii. 34.; Des- 

 hayes, Enc. Meth. ii. 69. 



Argonauta tuberculosa Schumacher, Ess. dun Nouv. Syst. 260. ; 

 Lamarck, An. s. Vert. 2d edit. vii. 632. p. 2. ; Blainv. Diet. Sc. 

 Nat. xliii. 212. f. 1. a, b., Malacolog. 365. t. 1. f. 1. a, b. 



Hab. Indian seas. 



a, b. Shells. Mr. Broderip's Collection. 



c. Shell. New Zealand. Presented by And. Sinclair, M. D., 



R.N. 



d, e. Shells. New Zealand. Presented by Dr. Dieffenbach. 

 f—h. Shells. 



i. Shell. Mus. Cracherode. 



k, I. Shells. Mr. Broderip's Collection. 



m. Shell. Chiloe. Mr. Broderip's Collection. 



n — r. Shells, young. 



s. Shell. In spirits. One ear. Mr. Broderip's Collection. 



3. OCYTHOE CRANCUII. 



Animal small. Head long. Ventral aperture large. Aquiferous 



openings two. Arms short, unequal; in the following order, 1, 2, 



3, 4 ; the webbed arms small, thick. 

 Ocythoe Cranchii Leach, Journ. Phys. 1817; Tuchey, Voy. 



Congo, 410. t., Phil. Trans. 1817, 296. t. 12. ; Blainv. Journ. Phys. 



lxxxvii. 47. t. 86. f. 2. a, b., Diet. Sci. Nat. xlii. 195. 

 Octopus punctatus Blainv. Diet. Sci. Nat. xliii. 195. 

 Argonauta hians Z)' Orb. Moll. Viv. et Foss. i. 232. 



Hab. Atlantic Ocean. 



a. Coast of Africa. Without shell. In spirits. Presented 



by J. Cranch, Esq., Congo Expedition. 



b. ? With young shell. In spirits. 



Shell (Argonauta hyans) compressed, whitish brown, adorned 



with unequal radiating ribs. Keels remote, margined on each side 



with thick tubercles. Aperture broad, oblong. 

 Argonauta Argo Linn. Syst. Nat. edit. 9, 10, 11, 12. 1161. n. 271- 



part; Born, Test. Mus. Cces. 140. var. (3.; Gmel. Syst. Nat. 3369. 



var. S. ; Bruguiere, Encycl. Meth. Vers. i. 123. var. c; Turton, 



Syst. of Nat. iv. var. 3. 

 Nautilus papyraceus Davila, Catal. Syst. i. 108. n. 87. 2d spec; 



Seba, Thesaur. iii. t. 84. f. 9—12. ; Menschen, Cat. Mus. Oudan. 



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