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CATALOGUE OF CEPHALOPODA. 
Octopus Cuvieri T? Orb. Tab . des Ceph. Poulpes , t. 4. 1835, Moll, 
des Canaries , 16. n. 2., .Mo/Z. F«V. et Fos. i. 173. n. 5. ; H Orb . 
et Feruss. Mon . des Ceph. Acet. Poulpes , t. 1. 4. 24. 27. p. 18. ; 
Guerin , Icon . de Anim. Moll. t. 1. f. 1. 
Octopus Lechenaultii FI Orb. Tab. des Ceph. Poulpes , t. 1. 1825. 
Octopus macropus Risso, Hist. Nat. del Fur. Merid. iv. 3. n. 3. 
1826; 1 Delle Chiaje , Mem. iv. 40. 56. p. 2. t. 54. p. 26. 1828; 
Hlainv. Faun. Frang. Moll. 6. n. 2. ; Wagner, Zeitschr . fur die 
Organ, physik. ii. 225.; Bullet, des Sc. Nat. xix. 387. n. 1. ; 
Rang , Mag. de Zool. 61. t. 90. ; Philippi , Enum. Moll. Sic. 240. 
n. 2. 
Octopus macropodus Sangiovani , Arm. Sc. Nat. xvi. 319. 1829; 
Bullet, des Sc. Nat. xx. 338. 
Octopus longimanus Feruss. MS. 
Hab. Atlantic Ocean, Mediterranean, Indian Ocean, Red Sea. 
24. Octopus medoria. 
Body, head, and base of arms minutely granular, with scattered 
rather larger rounded tubercles. Body oblong, rather acute 
behind. Eyes large; ocular tentacles none. Arms elongate, 
slender ; comparative length, 1, 3, 4, 2. Cups rather small, 
regular, equal, of the dorsal pair rather largest. Web moderate, 
scarcely wider beneath, smooth above. 
Hab. ? 
a. ? In spirits. The left dorsal arm not fully 
developed, and with small cups like the other arms. 
Somewhat like O. Cuvieri Feruss. Cephal. t. 4. 
3 § A Few of the Cups near the Base of the second and third Pairs 
of Arms much larger than the rest. 
25. Octopus Fontanianus. 
Body large, oval, slightly warty ; aperture broad. Head narrow, 
nearly smooth; ocular beards one, posterior. Arms moderate 
size, angular, subequal ; the inferior pair longest. Cups close 
together, subequal, gradually diminishing in size ; the seventh to 
the tenth cups of the second and third pairs of arms much largest. 
Web very broad.-— When alive, violet, deeper above. 
Sepia Octopus Molina , Hist. Nat. du Chili , p. 173.? 
Octopus Fontanianus U Orbigny, Voy. dans VAmer. Merid. Moll . 
28. t. 2. f. 5.; FI Orbigny et Ferussac , Mon. des Ceph. Acet. 49., 
Poulpes , t. 28, 29.; D’ Orbigny, Moll. Viv. et Fos . i. 179. n. 17. 
Hab. Pacific Ocean, coasts of Chili and Peru. 
