248 C. TATE REGAN. 



Descriptions of the Nine New Species. 



Sqaalus acutipinnis sp. u. (PI. XXXVII.) 



Acantliias blainvillii (part.) Gilntli. Cat. Fisli. viii, 

 p. 419 (1870). 



Snout pointed ; nasal flaps bilobed ; distance from nostrils 

 to end of snout § — | that from mouth to nostrils. Base of 

 second dorsal (without the spine) j of its distance from the 

 upper caudal lobe and h that of the first (without the spine), 

 which is less than its height and about |- of its distance from 

 the second dorsal ; spiires without ridges or grooves, that of 

 the second dorsal not quite so high as the fin, in great part 

 exposed. Pectoral extending well beyond the end of the 

 base of first dorsal and at least | of the distance from last 

 gill-opening to origin of ventral, Avith the free edge nearly 

 straight, the posterior angle nearly a right angle and the 

 anterior angle much more acute than in S. blainvillii; 

 ventrals not neaidy reaching the second dorsal. Lower 

 caudal lobe without posterior notch, its lower edge con- 

 tinuous with the posterior edge of the upper lobe. Clrayish 

 or brownish above, pale below. 

 South Africa ; Mauritius. 



Four specimens, a stuffed one from Mauritius (Robillard), 

 one of 560 mm. from Natal, presented by Dr. E. Warren, one 

 of 540 mm. from Table Bay, presented by Dr. J. D. F. Gril- 

 chinst, and one of 190 mm. from the Cape" of Grood Hope, 

 from Sir Andrew Smith's collection. 



Squatina africana .s;^). n. (PI. XXXYIII.) 



Folds at sides of head not produced into lobes. Outer nasal 

 flap with entire edges; inner flap with two nearly simple pro- 

 longations, the outer of which has a fringed lobe at its base. 

 Distance between the spiracles a little less than the inter- 

 ocular width. Outer angle ot" pectoral nearly a right angle; 



