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CATALOGUE OF CEPHALOPODA. 
Octopus tetracirrhus Delle Chiaje Moll. MS. ; D’ Orbigny et Fe- 
russac, Mon. des Ceph. Acet . 36. n. 5., Poulpes , t. 22.; U Or- 
bigny , AfoZZ. FZv. et Fos. i. 175. n. 8. 
Hab. Mediterranean. 
18. Octopus superciliosus. 
Body oval, acuminated behind, slightly granular, longly bearded ; 
one beard being posterior, seven or eight on the back, and 
some in two lines on the sides, forming a kind of crest which is 
sometimes indistinct. Head very distinct, swollen, smooth in 
the middle, with some tubercles over the eyes. Arms elongated, 
angular, conical, nearly equal; order of their length, 2, 4, 3, 1, 
Cups far apart, large; beak without lateral wings. — When 
alive, white. 
Octopus superciliosus Quoy Gaim. Zool. du Voy. de VAst. ii. 28. 
t. 6. f. 4. 1832; D' Orbigny et Ferussac , Mon. des Ceph. Acet. 
41., Poulpes , 1. 10. 28. ; D’ Orbigny, Moll. Viv. et Fos. i. 180. n. 18. 
Hab. Bass’s Straits, Australia. 
f ff' f Body granular , rough. 
19. Octopus Boscii. 
Body roundish ; back of head and arms closely acutely granulated ; 
back with a few regularly placed larger tubercles. Eyes with 
three conical beards. Arms elongate, granulated, without any 
beards externally ; the upper pair with a very wide dorsal mem- 
brane, the other with a narrow one arising from the outer side. 
Cups in two regular marginal series. Web moderate, granu- 
lated above. 
Sepia rugosa Peron , MS. 
Octopus Boscii Le Sueur, Journ. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philad. ii. 101. 
1822.; D' Orb. et Ferussac , Mon. des Ceph. Acet. 68.; D' Or- 
bigny, Moll. Viv. et Fos. i. 186. n. 26. 
Octopus variolatus Peron , Blainv. Diet. Sc. Nat. xliii. 186. 1826. 
Hab. New Holland. 
a. Isew Holland. ? In spirits. Presented by J. B. Jukes, 
Esq. 
20. Octopus tuberculatus. 
Body short, round, covered with irregular papillary granular warts ; 
back with four conical, acute, diverging beards. Head short 
warty ; ocular beards two, the hinder elongated. Arms granu- 
lar, cirrose, short, unequal ; the order in length of the arms is 
