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CATALOGUE OF CEPHALOPODA. 
11. Octopus brevipes. 
Body oblong, large, smooth. Head short, broad. Eyes prominent, 
without eyelids. Arms conical, very short, nearly equal, about 
one third the length of the animal ; upper pair rather longest. 
— Bluish, with red spots. Eyes silvery, with a blue spot above 
them. Perhaps young. E Orb. 
Octopus brevipes E Orbigny, Voy. dans T Amer. Mer. Moll. 22. 
t. 1 . f. 1 — 3.; jy Orbigny et Ferussac , Mon. des Ceph. Acet. 61., 
Poulpes , t. 17. f. 1 . ; E Orbigny, Moll. Viv. et Fos. i. 174. n. 6. 
Hah. Atlantic Ocean. 
*j*f Body bearded. 
12. Octopus horridus. 
Body short, smooth, round, with numerous regularly placed diverge 
ing beards. Head short, with diverging beards round the eyes. 
Arms short, thick, live or six bearded externally, nearly equal, 
conico-subulate ; order of length, 4, 3, 2, 1. Cups rather large, 
subequal ; one or two lowest, especially of the second pair of 
dorsal arms, one-rowed. Web moderate, extending up the 
outer edge of the arms. — Bluish ? when alive, with large 
regular round white spots (seen also when in spirits). 
Octopus horridus E Orbigny, Sav. Descr. de TEgypte, Atlas, 
Cephal. t. 1. f. 2. ; E Orbigny, Tab. des Ceph. 54. n. 4.; Au- 
douin, Explicat. des Planches de Sav. 3. p. 2. ; Ehrenberg, 
Cephalopoda, Octopus, n. 2.; E Orbigny et Ferussac, Mon. des 
Ceph. Acet. 5 1 ., Poulpes, t. 7. f. 3. ; E Orbigny, Moll. Viv . et 
Fos. i. 178. n. 15. 
O. fimbriatus Buppell, MS. (in Brit. Mus.) ; IP Orb. et Ferussac, 
Ceph. Acet. 64., Moll. Viv. et Fos. i. 179. n. 16. 
O. Argus Krauss, Sud-Afr . Moll. 132. t. 6. f. 28. 
Hab. Bed Sea. 
a. Bed Sea. In spirits. From Dr. Edward Buppell’s Col- 
lection, as “ O. fimbriatus RuppellT 
13. Octopus aculeatus. 
Body short, rounded, small, covered near the head with numerous 
beards. Head longly bearded ; beards crowded, forming a circle 
round the eyes. Arms thick, elongated, bearded externally, 
unequal ; order of length, 4, 2, 3, 1. Cups very large and very 
numerous. Web short. — When alive, whitish. 
Octopus aculeatus IP Orb. Tab. des Ceph. Poulpes, t. 7. 1823; 
E Orb. et Ferussac, Mon. des Ceph. Acet. 53., Poulpes , t. 7, 8. 23. ; 
IP Orb. Moll. Viv. et Fos. i. 183. n. 21. 
