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J J J Tentacfa with two seriex f ./////// 



<>. TODARl s. Chiaje. I'l. 78, fl pi. T9, ti_ 



' B..d\ -hoii. tliick. nearly cylindrical. lin- nearl\ li:ill' the 

 lenirt h ot' t he ixxly. rhomlxiidal ; arms une<jual. rinir- nf their 

 U1)S \\illi-r\fll very nlilicpu- rill t ill'j; teeth nil ill*' lliirlir.r sidr : 

 tentacles rnl.ust. with scattered surkrr-; nearly their wlmlr 



length, scarcely clubbed, the sucker* of the dui in tw. series 



:it l>:isc mid ends. MIX! Innr srrit-s <>!' hir^rr si/c in tlic middle. 

 the ring's of t hese hist \vith twenty :i<Mite teeth :ill rnuml. 



Tnt:il leno-th. :;:; inches. 



Southern Eur- 



This :miiii:il sometimes nttnins nincli -I'e.-iter dimensions th.-in 

 llir IISIIM! lenu'tli ii'iven nlmve. SptM-inuMis wriji'liinjr over thirty 

 pounds :ii-e (x-eMsiomdly cnpturcd. Tlic Hcsli is li;rd. eorineeoii- 

 :ind iinwliolesome. :ind is lint little used, the s;de of it IHMUJJ pn>- 

 hihitrd in the mnrket ol' Nice. At (Jenon it is culled ( 1 :i:nnfi. 

 in S:irdini:i. ('.MlMninri <r Tod.-iri. in Sicily. Tod;mi. etc. 



t t Third pair of arms with a narrow fleshy fin, supported by cross ribs on 



the inner edge of the ventral side ; second pair of arms 



without tubercles on the edge. 



0. OKJAS, D'Orbigny. PL 80, figs. 357-:-MO. 



Body elongate, cylindrical, violet-colored ; fins broad, oc- 

 cupying Imlf the length, nicked in front, together transversely 

 rhomboidal, acute; arms with oblique, equal-sized cups, their 

 rinjrs with acute teeth on the higher side, and smooth on the 

 lower one : tentacles naked one-third their length, the cups in 

 two series, then in four, the tip compressed with a narrow, trian- 

 gular patch of a few small cups in three or four series at the 

 base, and two series at the end. The shell is very long, its cone 

 proportionally much shorter than in the other species. 



Total Icnirth. :;:. feet; length of body, !; feet. 



Pacific Ocean, W. of South America, f 8. Clemente Is., Gal. 



O. I'TKUni-i s, Steenstrup. 



Animal very like 0. giyas, and even l:irvr in sj/e; attaining 

 nearly i feet in length. The first pair of arms shortest, bring 

 a foot long, the others ] ."> to 16 inches ; the tentacles :;_> indie-. 

 Mediterranean (Marseilles) ; Atlantic Ocean. 



I have not seen any figure of this species : it ma}' = 0. gi 

 or even include the large specimen^ of 0. todaru*. 



