KO|.! T l!\ \. 



K. A LMION AMU. Chiaje. I'l. II. fig. <'>'. 



limlv oblong. smooth or minutely granulal ed ; arm- elongl 

 graceful. /!<'<l<h'.</i. m'imloiis. n-rh not honlrmL n-ilh 1,1, ir. No 



Total length. KM) mill.; length of :. nns. -J'.M) mill. ; of body. 

 '.Ml mill.; of head. 40 mill. 



(Jencrally confounded with /,'. uuwhatus ; the dill'crcncc^ of 

 the li\-ini;- :iniin:ils (lisMjjjH-Mi-iiiii- in alcoholic specimen-. 



I'ar. Genei. Venmy. IM. 40. li^. (',7. DiHers hut little from 

 the typicnl Innu ; the lincks of the nrrns h:ive ;i single series of 

 red spots. 



Mediterranean. 



b. Ocular beard* none ; a mm unequal. 

 K. oiToi'oiHA. I'enniuit. IM. 41. fii>-s. TO. 71. 



Body rounded, smooth or minutely i>T:muhited ; hcnd scarcely 

 distinct from the body; :mns 1. :-}. ->. 4 in relative length ; cups 

 close together. Pnle with small brown S}>ots. 



Tot;d leiijilh. 150 mill.; of body. ^f> mill.; lenirth of arms 

 1, 110 mill.; 8. 1)7 mill.. 2. <)5 mill.; 4, <>f> mill. 



Strom s;iys it is called Suar by the I>er<ren folk, and that it 

 sticks so fast to tishes as to be often taken with them. Johnston* 

 says: - When at rest, this Octopod lies prone on the belly, the 

 arms spread out in front, with their extremities exposed in 

 spirals on the sides. It has in this position a considerable like- 

 ness to a toad; and. often raising the back and head. it> aspect 

 is really repulsive and t hreateninir. It moves quickly, and 

 always retrograde, playing its arms in a regulated, graceful 

 manner, which no one can contemplate without wonder in a body 

 so grotesque and apparently so inapt for locomotion." 



Northern and Atlantic coasts of Europe. 



BOLITJENA, Stccnstrup. 



In the description of this genus no type is cited. In Wood- 

 ward and Keferstein a single living species is mentioned, but 

 without name. 



* Proc. Berw. N. H. Club, I, 198, 



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