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Tot. -i I Infill. C.llO mill.; length of body. In mill.; length of 

 arm> 1,580 mill.; _'. n'.omill.; :;. |-_>nmill.; |. :;;u mill. 



i; Mi'ilitt'rrtnn',111 ; /,W ,/ .- !/>,//', m ,//// I'acijic Ocean*. 



Thi> sjM'ries \\ell illust rates tin- iim-rrtaiiil \ of di-t im-t i\ 

 Characters in tin' Cephalopoda. tor Verany ihii* docribo it^ 

 superficial appearance: "I5od\ oval. with the extremity ;i 

 little :ieiiinin:ite<l dnrin.u- life, rounded after death; t nl.ereiilat e 

 or yermCOSe wlu-n irritated, ^raiiulo-e when ipiirt. smooth when 

 lanii'iiid." \\'ith t hese eliaii^es ol' surlncr t he color also cha i. 

 It appears in the markets of (ienoa when the dredge fishery 

 Iteii'ins. heino- only taken ly this means. It does not ap|>ear' to 

 l>e social, as individuals are only eaptured singly. Its meat is 

 less hio-hly estimated than that of the O. mlynrix. The largest 

 specimens attain aliout :>'f> leet in Icnji'th. At Nice it is called 

 " Totipro-a." at (ienoa " Scorria.." in Sardinia " I'urpu arra- 

 l>icu." and in Sicily " Fraiddn russn." 



Arms 1, 3, 4, 2. 

 ( ). MKDouiA. (Jra. 



Uody. head and arms minutely granular, with scattered rather 



large i 1 rounded t nhercnles ; body oblong, rather acute behind : 



large, ocular tentacles none; anus elongate, slender; cups 



rather small, ivii'iilar, equal, of the dorsal pail 1 rather lai'^e-t ; 



web moderate, scarcely wider beneath, smooth above. 



A single specimen (in alcohol) in IJrit. Mils. Very likely 



0. Curn-ri. 



Habitat unknown. 



3. The seventh to the twentieth cups of the lateral arms much longer than 

 the rest. 



Arms sub-equal. 



(}. FONTAM AM s. Orb. 1M. :JT. liir. 54. 



Body lar.ii'e. slightly warty; head narrow, nearly smooth, with 



one posterior ocular beard: arms moderate, angular, sub-equal ; 



cups close tou-'ther. the second to tenth of -Jd and :id pair^ot' 

 arms much laru'est. \Veb very broad. Violet colored. 



Total lenuih. '2:10 mill.; leiiirth of body, :57 mill.: of arm>. 

 165 mill. 



