icnTiivQLoar. 28-"') 



C. Tr.MMiN'CKri, JIulI. ami irinlc. 



Nostrils nearer to the mouth tliun to the end of the snout. 38 erect teeth ahove, 

 and 40 below. The upper rather narrow with a broad base, i\\.i\ lower entire and 

 awl-shaped. The teeth near the outer angle of the jaws very sniall. Second dorsal 

 opposite the aual, and as large as the first. Colour uniform. 



Galeocebdo, Midler and Jlenle. 



Spiracles small. A niititating membrane over the eye. A pit on the base of 

 the tail, both above and below. Teetli obli(|ue, serrated on either edge, and with 

 a deep outer notch. 



G. ilGKlxrs, Miill. and Ilenlo. 



A labial fold along the edge of the upper jaw. Grey, paler beneath. Numerous 

 dark grey or brown spots on the body. 



ZvGiENA, Cuvier. 



The anterior portion of the head flattened, and laterally elongated, with the 

 eyes at the lateral extremities, and the nostrils at its fore-border. Eyes with a 

 nictitating membrane. Si)iracles none. 



Z. Blochii, Cuv. 



The lateral expansion of tlio head twice or thrice as long as broad, with a deep 

 groove along the fore edge. Nostril nearer the mouth than the eye. Deep grey, 

 paler beneath. Fins darker. Grows to 4 feet or more. 



The " hammcr-headcd " sharks are much dreaded, and are conimou in the Bay 

 of Eeugal. 



Famili/ Scyllidae. 



Spiracles present. Eye without a nictitating membrane. 

 Stf.gostojia, Midler and Ilenle. 



S])iracles about the size of the small eye, behind which they are situated. 

 Nasal and buccal cavities confluent. Snout obtuse. Upper lip thick, with a cirrus 

 on either side. A well-developed labial fold at the gape. Teeth small, sometimes 

 trilobed, the dental plate being almost (quadrangular. Caudal fin very elongate. 



S. TiGEiNUM, Gmel. 



Colour of young black, with white or luilf bauds on the head and body, with 

 spots between. The adults arc tawny, with bands of rounded spots. 



This is one of the species Mason says is common on the coast, and whose fins 

 are collected for export to China. 



It seems by no means improbable that Homer, in describing Scylla, may have 

 had in view the jaws of .some species of this family, perhaps the dried tropliy of 

 some stranded monster of the deep ; and borrowed the idea of Scylla's twelve limbs 

 from some mariner's yarn he may have heard of an octopus — 



T/}? I'JTOt TToSe? eial ovwSeKa Troi^re? aa)poi, 



€^ Be T€ 01 Seipai. ■7rept/j,)]Ke€<;, ev he eKaarr) 



a-fiepSaXer) Ke(paXr], ev Be rplajoi-^oi oSoi'Te? 



irvKvol Koi Oafiiei, TrXetot fieXavo-^ davcnoco. — Odyssey XII. 89. 



Twelve feet deformed and foul, the fiend dispreads, 

 Six hoiTid necks she rears and six terrific heads ; 

 Her jaws grin dreadful with three rows of teeth, 

 Jaggy they stand, the gaping den of death. — Pope. 



