14 FAUNA OF NEW ENGLAND. 



SELACHII. BATOIDEI. 



NARCOBATIDAE. 



I>anesville (Gootlc & Bean 1879); Woods Hole (Baird 1873 and 

 Smith 1898). 



R. I.— Narragansett Bay (R. I. Fish comra. 1899); off Sakonnet 

 (Tracy 19()(i). 



CoNX. — Stratford (Linsley 1844). 



DASYATIDAE. 



28. Dasyatis centrura (Mitchill). 



Sting ray ; Stingaree ; Clam-cracker. 



Jordan & Evermann, Bull. 47, U. S. nat. mus., 1896, pt. 1, p. 83. 



Raja cenirura Mitchill Trans, lit. and philos. soc. N. Y., 1815, 

 vol. 1, p. 479. "Coast of Long Island." 



Pastinaca hastata DeKay. Storer, ]\Iem. Amer. acad., 1867, 

 vol. 9, p. 244. pi. 39, fig. 3. 



Mass.— Holmes Hole (Storer 1842, 1842, and 1863); Chatham 

 (Storer 1857 and 1863); Woods Hole (Baird 1873 and Smith 1898). 

 R. I. — Narragansett Ba.v (R. I. Fish comm. 1899). 

 Conn.— Stratford (Linsley 1844). 



29. Dasyatis hastata (DeKay). 



Sting ray. 



Jordan & Evermann, Bull. 47 U. S. nat. mus., 1896, pt. 1, p. 83. 

 Pastinaca hastata DeKay, N. Y. fauna, 1842, pt. 4, p. 373, pi. 

 65, fig. 214. "Rhode Island." 



Mass.— Holmes Hole (Storer 1842); Chatham (Storer 1858). 

 R. I.— (DeKay 1842). 



30. Pteroplatea maclura (LeSueur). 



Butterfly ray. 



Jordan & Evermann, Bull. 47, U. S. nat. mus., 1890, pt. 1, p. 86. 

 Raja vuichira LeSueur, Journ. acad. nat. sci. Phil., 1817, vol. 

 1, J). 41, pi. [1], figs. 1, 2, a, b, c. "Newport, R. I." 



