NEW BRITISH TORPEDO. 



cutting, the form being that of a sharp incurved spine issuing 

 from a broad base ; the mouth wide ; the colour on the upper 

 surface of the body and fins a uniform dark chocolate brown 

 tinged with dark bluish black ; the under surface white, 

 which, while the fish is fresh, is said by observers to have 

 over it a blush of red. The specimen was a female. The 

 males have long cylindrical appendages to the inner edge of 

 the ventral fins, which in the Rays, or Skate, are called 

 claspers. 



The vignette represents a boat of the Lake of Geneva. 



