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CATALOGUE OF CEPHALOPODA. 
Octopus cserulescens Per on, Blainv. Diet des Sc. Nat . xlii. 129. 
1826 ; D'Orbigny et Ferussac , Mon. des Ceph. Acet. 65. ; D'Or- 
bigny , Moll. Viv. et Fos. i. 185. n. 24. 
Nab. New Holland, Island of Dorre. Peron. 
The form of the cups, if correct, would indicate a different 
family. 
5 § Species requiring further Examination. 
30. Octopus longipes. 
Body elongated, oval, glabrous, grey spotted with black. Arms 
very long, slender. Cups large, rather prominent. 
Octopus longipes Leach , Zool. Miscell , iii. 137. 1817 ; Ferussac , 
D' Orb. Tab. des Ceph. Ann. Sc. Nat. 54. n. 6.; Blainville , Diet, 
des Sc. Nat. xliii. 189.; D'Orbigny et Ferussac , Mon. des Ceph. 
Acet . 67., Moll. Viv. et Fos. i. 187. n. 31. 
Polypus longipes Leach , Journ. de Phys. Ixxxvi. 394. 1818. 
Bab. — — ? Mus. Oxford. Probably O. Cuvieri or O. 
aranea D’Orbigny. 
31. Octopus brevitentaculatus. 
Body (in spirits) short, globular, smooth, not tubercled. Arms 
thick, cirrous, conical, short ; proportion of length, 2, 3, 4, 1 ; 
the longest only three times as long as the head. Cups large. 
Octopus brevitentaculatus Blainv. Did. Sc. Nat. xliii. 187.; D' Or- 
bigny , Mon. des Ceph. Acet . 36. n. 4., Moll. Viv. et Fos. i. 186. 
n, 30. 
O. vulgaris contracted D' Orb. Moll. Viv. et Fos. i. 187. 
Bab. — — — . Mus. Paris, three specimens. 
32. Octopus venustus. 
Body oval, purse-formed, smooth ; aperture large. Head short, 
rather broad ; eyes prominent. Arms rather short, nearly 
equal. Cups small. Bang. 
Octopus venustus Bang , Moll. MSS. ; D'Orbigny et Ferussac , 
Mem. des Ceph. Acet. 64., Poulpes , t. 21. f. 8, 9. 1838; D'Or- 
bigny, Moll. Viv. et Fos . i. 175. n. 7. 
Bab. Atlantic Ocean, Goree. 
“Perhaps from a young specimen.” D'Orbigny. 
