1^'i OCTOPUS. 



O. onANOSUS, Blainv. Body small, globular, rather transverse, 

 finely granulated above and In-low: arms eight times as lonu Afl 

 the body: proportionate length. 4. :;. -2. 1 ; web slight. 



Mediterranean. 



This description lias not been identified by Kuropean malacol- 

 ogists with any Mediterranean form. 



O. PII.OSIS. Bi--o. Body round, gray. ash\ -In-own, provided 

 above with reddish hai rs disposed in bundles; arms ver\ short, 

 thick; cii|>s lar^'e : eyes very lariivand very promiiuMil. 



Mediterranean. 



<). niAYKlii's. Kat'. Arms IMJIIM!. six times as louo- as t he lio.ly . 

 without any <Mips at the end. 



Mediterranean. 



O. DinvNAMi >. Bat'. Arms nneiinal. the upper pair longest. 



nearly live times as loiio- as the body. 



Mediterranean. 



O. TKTiiAhVNAMi s. B a I'. Arms unequal, alternately longest, 



about live times as louj>- as the body. 



Mediterranean. 



O. HKTKiioiM s. Bat'. Arms unequal, very short, scarcely as long 

 as the body, the upper pair longest. Back reddish. 



Mediterranean. 



O. iTSTi LOSI s. Peron. Body rugose. A rms shorter and thicker 

 than those ol' (). rariolatus and with larger and fewer cups. 



Brownish green. 



Australia. 



O. F \Mi-Si AO. Orb. Described from an article in the"Kncyc. 

 .lapon." No specific characters are given. Its eggs are like 

 grains of rice, and it is fished by using a species of Mmvx for 



bait. Considered good eating by the .Japanese. 



Japan. 



O. MosrilATi s. Baf. Arms of equal si/e. four times the length 



of the body. Color whitish. 



Mediterranean. 



O. CAJ'KNSIS. Sollleyet. PI. :|X. tig. CD. 



Body ovate, smooth ; arms very short, equal, semipalmate. 

 Whitish, semit ransparent with brown spots. 



Total length, \-2 mill. 



Undoubtedly a very young animal. 



Cape of Good Hope. 



