120 OCTOPUS. 



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

 suhulate. 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. 



O. FiLosrs. Howell. IM. :W. fig. 50. 



Body oval, purse-shaped, with dorsal beards; head nnrrow. 

 short, with :i depression between the prominent eyes: ocular 

 beards six; arms robust for about h;dl' their length, then abruptly 

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

 ti|)s: web moder.Mte. Reddish, inner surt'iice of nrins crenm 

 color. 



Remarkable for the lon<r nnl thread-like terminntions of the 

 arms. 



\"er\ nclive : c.-nio'ht with difficulty. 



St. Croir, W. I. 

 Arms 4, 2, 3, 1 . 



O. ACULEATI-S. Orb. [M. '2(\. li.u's. 1-2-1 \. 



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

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



n 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. SAPHKXIA. (ira\ . 



Ocular beards none; arms moderate, three upper pairs snh- 

 rqual ; web short . granular above. Described from specimens in 

 alcohol (Brit. Mus.); not figured. 



/'urific Ocean ; E. Coast of South America. 

 O. BKK.KMCK. (Jray. 



Body oblong, minutely granular and with regularly disposed 

 roundish groups of small granules; eyes fringed with four or 

 five granulated tubercles on the dorsal edges; arm- moderate; 

 cups very large; web moderate, rather wider below. 



From specimen in spirits (Brit. Mus.). presented in ISO."); not 

 figured. 



Habitat unknown. 



