454 Du, w. E. HOYLE OX CEPHALOPODS [May 7, 



Polypus akborescens. 



Polypus arhorescens Hoyle (:04) p. 189, pi. 2. figs. 8, 9, 12, 

 & pi. 3. 



Localities. — Zanzibar, Khotoni Harbour, October 23rcl, 1901, 

 5 fathoms, Daleni ; one young specimen, 5 [167]. 



Zanzibar, Wasin, dredged in the harbour near the N.E. mouth, 

 10 fathoms; four young specimens, $ [168-171]; one young 

 specimen, (S [176 a]. 



Previous record. — Ceylon (^Hoyle). 



Polypus horridus. 



0ct02nbs horridus d'Orbigny ('26) p. 54 ; Ferussac & d'Orbigny 

 ('35) p. 51. 



Polypus horridus Hoyle (:04) p. 194, pi. 2. figs. 10, 13 (entered 

 by error as P. aculeatus) ; Id. (:05) p. 978. 



Locality. — Zanzibar, Wasin, dredged in harbour near the N.E. 

 mouth, 10 fathoms ; two young specimens, $ [172, 181]. 



Previous records. — Red Sea, Egyptian shore id' Orhigny) ; Cape 

 of Good Hope {Krauss) ; Ceylon {Hoyle) ; Male Atoll {Hoyle). 



Polypus herdmani. 



Polypus herdmani Hoyle (■.04) p. 187, pi. 1. 



Locality. — Zanzibar, Chuaka Bay, April 18th, 1901 ; one young- 

 specimen, $ [176J. 



Zanzibar, Wasin, N.E. entrance of harbour, 10 fathoms ; two 

 young specimens, one 5 [179], one sex? [179 a]. 



Previous record. — Ceylon {Hoyle). 



At first I took no. 176 to be a male, with the third arm on the 

 right side hectocotylised, but further examination showed that 

 there was no groove along the ventral aspect of the arm, and that 

 the modified tip had about half-a-dozen minute suckers upon it 

 in two rows, instead of the spoon-shaped depression. I conclude, 

 therefore, that it is a female in which this arm has been mutilated 

 and is in process of repair. 



Specimens 179, 179 A I think belong to this species ; the warts 

 are very pronounced. They have been stained of a dark colour 

 by a specimen of Jntedon carinata which was packed in the same 

 vessel. 



Polypus C. 



Polypus C, Hoyle (:04) p. 196, pi. 2. figs. 2, 5. 

 Locality. — Zanzibar, Wasin, 10 fathoms, dredged near N.E. 

 mouth of harbour; one young specimen [177]. 

 Previous record. — Ceylon. 



Polypus E ? 



Polypus E, Hoyle (:04) p. 196. 



Locality. — Zanzibar, Chuaka Bay, dredged April 18th, 1901 ; 

 one specimen, 5 [175]. 



