472 NOTES ON,, AXD DESCRIPTIONS OP AUSTRALIAN FISHES. 



Locality. — The five specimens referred to above were collected at Bowen, 

 Queensland, by Mr. E. H. Rainford, who found them in a log which was honey- 

 combed by Cobra, Calobates, in the empty tunnels of which thoy were dwelling. 

 He later secured many otl]ers at the same locality. 



EXPLANATION OF PLATES XXXVII.-XLI. 

 Plate xxxvii. 



Fig. 1. Carcharhinus m<icrurus Ramsay & Ogilby. A female, 877 mm. long, 



from Botany Bay, New South Wales. 

 Fig. 2. Under surface of the head of the same specimen. 

 Fig. 3. Upper and lower teeth of the same specimen. 

 Fig. 4. A scale from the shoulder of the same specimen. 

 Fig. 5. Galeorhinux australis Macleay. An adult male, 1525 mm. long, from 



the coast of New South Wales. 

 Fig. 6. Under surface of the head of the same specimen. 

 Fig. 7. Upper and lower teeth of tlie same specimen. 



Plate xxxviii. 



Fig. 1. TrygoHorrhnia fasciata MuUer & Henle. A young specimen, 380 mm. 



long, from off Sandon Bluff. New South Wales. 

 Fig. 2. Nasoral region of the same spe(;imen. 

 Fig. 3. Hypnarce subnigra Dumeril. A male specimen, 353 mm. long, from 



off Cape Hawke, New South Wales, 47-60 fathoms. 

 Fig. 4. Nasoral region of the same specimen. 



Plate xxxix. 



Fig. 1. Dasyatis hiihlii Muller & Henle. A half grown male, 243 mm. wide, 



from off Bustard Head, Queensland, 20 fathoms. 

 Fig. 2. Dasyatis kuhlii. A young male, 177 mm. wide, from the same locality. 



Plate xl. 



Fig. 1. Dasyati.'i thetidis (Ogilby) Waite. A female specimen, 890 mm. wide, 

 from off Norah Head, New South Wales, 20-40 fathoms. 



Fig. 2. Nasoral region of tiie same s])ccimen. 



Fig. 3. Scolopsis temporalis Cuvier & Valenciennes. A specimen 172 mm. 

 long to the end of the caudal rays, from Palm Islands, Queensland. 



Plate xli. 



Fig. 1. Vrolophus hucculentus Macleay. A female specimen 600 mm. wide, 

 from off Botany Bay, New South Wales, 60 fathoms. 



Fig. 2. Nasoral region of tlie same specimen. 



Fig. 3. Buccal jjapillae of the same specimen. 



Fig. 4. Parigldssus rainfordi, n.sp. llolotype. 43.J mm. long, from Bowen, 

 Queensland. 



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