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CATALOGUE OF CEPHALOPODA. 
1. OCYTHOE. 
See character of the Family. 
Ocythoe Rafin. Anal . Nat. 1815 ; Leach , Phil. Trans. 1818; Blainv . 
Malac. 1825. 
Octopus e. Blainville , Malac. 1825. 
Ocytoe UOrh. Moll. Viv. et Fos. p. 223. (misprint ?). 
Shell, Argonauta Linn. 
Nautilus, Nautileus, Aristoteles . 
Nautilus, Pompilius, Plinius. 
Cymbium Gualteri , 1742. 
Argonauta Linn., Brug., Rafin. Anal. Nat. 1815 ; Risso , Fur . 
Merid. 1826 ; Lamarck , UOrh. Moll. Viv. et Fos . i. 260. 
1. Ocythoe tuberculatus. 
Animal elongate. Body oblong, smooth. Eyes large, prominent. 
Arms unequal; in the following order, 1, 4, 2, 3 ; the dorsal pair 
elongate ; the second and third pairs without any internal 
groove; the third pair depressed their whole length. Si- 
phuncle united to the base of the arms by a lateral mem- 
brane. 
Ocythoe tuberculata Rafinesque , Precis de Decouv. Somiol. 29. 
Ocythoe Argos Deshay es, Enc. Meth. iii. 643. 
Ocythoe antiquorum Leach , Zool. Miscel. iii. 139., Journ. de Phys. 
lxxxvi. 394. ; Blainv. Journ. de Phys. lxxxvi. 360. 434 — 447. 
Ocythoe probatio Leach, Phil. Trans. 
Octopus antiquorum Blainv. Diet. Sc. Nat. xliii. 192. t. 1 bis, f. 1. 
Octopus Argonauta Blainv. Malacol. 366. t. 1 bis, f. 1. 
Octopus tuberculatus Blainv. Diet. Sc. Nat. xliii. 196. 
? Argonauta compressa Blainv. Diet. Sc. Nat. 212. 
Argonauta Argo D' Orb. Paleont. univ. t. 1, 2. f. 1 — 5., Paleont. 
etrang. t. 1. t. 2. f. 1 — 5., Moll. Viv. et Foss. i. 226. t. 6 and 7, 
f. 1—5. 
Hah. Mediterranean, Cape of Good Hope, Indian Ocean. 
a. Mediterranean. Adult, without shell. In spirits. Pre- 
sented by Bev. W. Hennah. 
h. Mediterranean. Junior, without shell. In spirits. Pre- 
sented by Rev. W. Hennah. 
c. Mediterranean. Adult, without shell. In spirits. Pre- 
sented by J. Bates, Esq., R. N. 
d. Mediterranean. Adult, without shell, with eggs. In 
spirits. Presented by W. E. Leach, M. D. 
“ Ocythoe probatio ” Leach. 
