0CT0PID2E : OCTOPUS. 
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Octopus niveus Feruss. D' Orb. Tab. Method . des Ceph . 54. 1826; 
Lesson , Voy. de la Coquille , Zool. ii. part 1. 239. t. 1. f. 1. 1 bis. 
Hob. Manilla and Borapora. 
Iff Body minutely granular. 
14. Octopus Saphenia. 
Body and arms minutely granular. Ocular beards none. Arms 
moderate ; comparative length, 2, 3, 4, 1 ; three upper pairs 
subequal. Web short, granular above. Cups subequal. 
Hab. Pacific Ocean. 
a. East coast of South America. In spirits. Presented by 
the Rev. W. Hennah. 
15. Octopus Berenice. 
Body (in spirits) oblong. Head and base of the arms and back of 
the body minutely granular, and with regularly disposed roundish 
groups of small granules. Eyes with four or five granulated 
tubercles on the dorsal edges, forming a fringe. Arms mo- 
derate ; relative length, 2, 3, 4, 1. Cups very large, subequal. 
Web moderate, rather wider below. 
Hab. — 
a. ? In spirits. Presented by Mr. John Lead- 
beater, 1805. 
16. Octopus eunueatus. 
Body short, covered with scattered tubercles, and about twenty 
rounded prominent circles with concave centres, in six series. 
Head short, thick, tubercular, with one medial and two lateral con- 
■ vex circles, with a tubercle in the centre. Arms short, conical, 
nearly equal ; order of their length, 4, 3, 2, 1 ; with a circle be- 
tween the bases of the arms. Cups about fifty. Web very 
short. — When alive, white, varied with blue circular spots paler 
in the centre. 
Octopus lunulatus Quoy 8f Gaimard , Zool. du Voy. de VAst. ii. 86. 
t. 6. f. 1, 2.; TfOrbigny et Ferussac, Mon. des Ceph. Acet. 59. 
Poulpes , t. 10. 26. ; D' Orbigny, Moll. Viv. et Fos. i. 182. n. 20. 
Hab. New Zealand. 
17. Octopus tetracirrhus. 
Body oval, slightly granular, with a posterior beard. Ocular 
cirrhi two, anterior and posterior. Arms short, rather unequal in 
length ; in order, 2, 3, 1, 4. Web very broad. Cups in two lines ; 
the first three round the mouth in one line. — Yellowish when 
alive. 
