130 Gatliff and Gabriel : 



Family SEPIOLIDAE. 

 Genus Rossia, Owen 1834. 

 RossiA (Austrorossia) australis. Berry. 



1918. Rissoa (Austrorossia) australis, Berry, lac, cit^ 

 pp. 252-258, pi. 69, f. 3, 4, and pi. 70. 

 Hab. — 200-250 fathoms, Gabo Island to Everard grounds, Vic- 

 toria. 



Family CIRROTEUTHIDAE. 

 Genus Opisthoteuthls, Verrill 1883. 

 Opisthoteuthis PERSEPHONE, Berry. 



1918. Opisthoteuthis persephone, Berry, loc. cit. pp. 290- 

 293, pi. 81, f. 6, 7; pi. 82, f. 9, 10, and pi. 85-88. 

 Hab. — 200 fathoms, 42 miles south and east of Genoa Bank,. 

 Victoria. 



Suborder Octopoda. 

 Family POLYPODIDAE. 



Genus Polypus, Schneider 1784. 



Polypus variolatus^ Blainville. 



? 1821. Sepia boscii, Lesueur. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philad^ 



V. II., p. 101 (nomen nudum). 

 ? 1826. Octopus variolatus, Bl. Diet. Sci. Nat., v. XLIII.,. 

 p. 186. 

 1897. Octopus boscii, Lesueur, Pritchard and Gatliff,- 



these Proc, v. X., p. 241. 

 1918. Polypus variolatus, Bl. Berry, loc. cit. p. 278, pi.. 

 >9, 80, pi. 81, f. 2. 3, and pi. 82, f. 1-4. 

 Hab. — Eastern slopes of Bass Strait. 



Polypus australis, Hoyle. 



1897. Octopus australis, Hoyle. Prit. and Gat., these 



Proc, V. X., p. 241. 

 1918. Polypus australis, Hoyle. Berry, loc. cit. pp. 276- 

 278, pi. 78, i. 1, 2, and pi. 81, f. 1. 

 Hab. — 200 fathoms, off Gabo Island. 



