1-J() OCTOPUS. 



arms short, thick, live or six bearded externally, conico- 

 subulate, nearly equal ; cups rather large, one or two lowest one- 

 rowed ; web moderate, extending up the outer edge of the arms. 

 Bluish, with large, regular, round, white spots. 



Red Sea ; South Africa. 



0. FILOSUS, Howell. PI. 3fi. fig. 50. 



Bod}' oval, purse-shaped, with dorsal beards; head narrow, 

 short, with a depression between the prominent eyes : ocular 

 beards six; arms robust for about half their length, then abruptly 

 becoming filamentous, where the cups are in a single row to their 

 tips; web moderate. Reddish, inner surface of arms cream 

 color. 



Remarkable for the long and thread-like terminations of the 

 arms. 



Very active ; caught with difficulty. 



St. Crow, W. L 

 Arms 4, 2, 3, 1. 



0. ACULEATUS, Orb. PI. 26. figs. 12-14. 



Body short, rounded, small, covered near the head with 

 numerous beards ; head long-bearded, beards crowded, forming 

 a circle round the eyes ; arms thick, bearded externally; cups 

 very large and numerous ; web short. Whitish. 



Manilla; Borapora. 



c. Body minutely granular. 



Arms 2, 3, 4, 1. 

 O. SAPHENIA. Gray. 



Ocular beards none: arms moderate, three upper pairs sub- 

 equal; web short, granular above. Described from specimens in 

 alcohol (Brit. Mus.) ; not figured. 



I \irific Ocean ; E. Coast of South America. 

 O. BERENICE. Gray. 



Body oblong, minutely granular and with regularly disposed 

 roundish groups of small granules; eyes fringed with four or 

 flve granulated tubercles on the dorsal edges; arms moderate : 

 cups very large; web moderate, rather wider below. 



From specimen in spirits (Bril. Mus.), presented in 1805; not 

 figured. 



Habitat unknown. 



