QCTOPIDiE : OCTOPUS. 
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** Lower Cups crowded. 
| Body smooth , not bearded. 
7. Octopus Favonia. 
Body (in spirits) oblong, smooth, without any beards. Eyes 
without beards. Arms moderate, conical ; relative length, 3, 2, 
1, 4. Webs moderate, with hard transparent granulations above, 
especially between the dorsal arms. Cups similar, subequal, 
large ; the two or three lowest one-rowed. 
O. Indicus Gray , Brit. Mas. 1830 ; not D’Orb. 
Hab . Indian Ocean. 
a. Singapore. In spirits. Presented by General Hardwicke. 
8. Octopus Eudora. 
Body smooth. Ocular tentacles none. Arms rather short, sub- 
quadrangular, not fringed on the outer edge ; relative length, 2, 
3, 4, 1 ; three upper pairs subequal. Web short, rather broader 
below. Cups moderate, subequal, regular; one or two lowest 
near mouth one-rowed, 
Hab. Atlantic Ocean. 
a , b. Jamaica. In spirits. Mr. Gosse’s Collection. 
9. Octopus Tchuelchus. 
Body round, short, smooth. Head smooth. Arms elongated, 
compressed, nearly equal; the order of their length, 4, 1, 3, 2. 
Cups about a hundred on the longest arms. Web thin. Siphun- 
cle elongate, narrow. — When alive blackish brown, whitish 
beneath 
Octopus Tchuelchus JL Orb. Voy. dans VAmer. Mer. v., Moll. 27. 
t. 1. f. 6 , 7. 1835; D'Orb. et Feruss. Mem. des Ceph. Acetab . 
55., Poulpes , t. 17., Moll. Viv. et Fos. i. 172. n. 4. 
Hab. Atlantic Ocean, Patagonia. D' Orb. 
10. Octopus Cassiopea. 
Body (in spirits) smooth, oblong, moderately long. Ocular beard 
one, conical, medial, posterior. Arms moderate, rather thick at 
the base; proportionate length, 2, 3, 4, 1. Web short, rather 
broader beneath, smooth above. Cups moderate, subequal ; of 
the third pair of arms rather the largest. 
Hab. Mediterranean. 
a. Marseilles. In spirits. Presented by J. Ritchie, Esq. 
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