C<I\TI;II;I i I'NS TO NORTH AMERICAN ICHTHYOLOGY iv. 



JO (6). 15. l;rvis Etiaao) Jordan <;m>.rt. 



A small sliark resembling Mustcliis hinmtlHfi and If. Itcnlci, but differ- 

 in- from the former in tin- dentition and in the attachment of the em- 

 bryo tu the uterus by a placenta, and from the latter in the blunter 

 teeth. Only those iii ihe posterior part of the upper ja\v have a basal 

 cusp. and these usually but one only. This species is found on the 

 coaM of Kurope and Africa, and is accredited to our Atlantic fauna by 

 diinther (viii, 380). 



l/;/.x/i IH* Iii n'x Kisso, F.iiropr Mt'-ridioiiiilc, iii. 1'J? : MiixtdiiK hri-i* (Jiinllirr. viii, 335: 

 /'/. urn' ronii/liiii ln-rix (Jill. 1'ruc. Ac. Nat. Sci. 1'hila. 1-d 1, 1 l v ; iiot of Jordan A: (iilliort, 

 PrOO. I . 8. Nat. .Mils. 1880,52, llltiitotridnx 



1'aue i'l : (inlrnrrliinnx (/nlt'itx, the "Oil Shark", is very abundant on 

 the coast of California, especially southward. Its teeth are coarsely 

 serrated on the outer margin near the base only. Galcocerdo tlyrinus 

 also ramies northward to San Dieft'O on the Pacific coast. 



Pa-es L'U : Carch<triiiiiK </l<nicus occurs on the coast of California. 



1'a-e L'l': Instead of "**" insert: 



(6). EIJLAMIA Oill. 

 . Ann. Lye. Nat. Hist. N.Y. 1801,401: ty]n- C,in-h,innx lamia Risso.) 



"Body rather robust, the head broad and depressed; mouth inferior, 



with the teeth in both jaws strongly serrated in the adult: less so or 



entire in the yoiin^; those in the upper jaw broad, those below narrow, 



straight, and nearly erect. No spiracles. First dorsal lar^e, placed not 



far behind pectorals. Pectorals falcate. Second dorsal small. Em- 



br\ns attached by placenta 1 to the uterus as in ti<'<>l lotion and lihlnotria- 



In dd-clinrinnx placenta- are not developed, according to Aii.L;ii>te 



I>iimeril. Hist. Nat. des Poiss. i, -II.) Species numerous, (su. well ; 



-', Lamia or Lamna, a I'abidons monster, from ///<)-:, de\onring 



hunger.)" 



I'a-e L'L' : The species of Kiiltintni " should stand as: 

 "26, /:. obscura iLeS.) Cill", "I'T. A 1 , inlllnrli (M. ^ It.) dill", and 

 "27 (l>). /:. lamia (Bisso) dill". 

 Pa-e 23: I ndei- -/:. lamia" add: 



"27 - . i:. lamia (B Gill. r.,nj sl,,i,-lc. 



l'.od\ inl.n-i, tlie Lack elevated. Head bioad and llat ; the snout 



80 1.M M' Uiii\\n to u->. tin- c-iiiln\im in nil uiir iivitviviparoMs sharks r\n-|it J.'nla- 

 . and /t'liiimlr'ni' > - :n<- \villiuiil jilacrnla. 



