362 cakchariid-t:. 



8. Hypoprion. 



Ilypoprion, 3IilU. Sf Ilenle, 

 I lypopritmodon, Gill. 



C'archarias with the upper teeth denticulated on the base onhj. 

 Lower teeth wiiJwut denticulations. 



10. Carcharias macloti. 



Carcliarias (Hypoprion) macloti, Midi. &)• Henle, p. u4, pi. 10 ; Diimhil, 

 Elasniohr. p. o50. 



Snout long, pointed, the nostrils being nearer to the mouth than 

 to the extremity of the snout. The teeth of the upper jaw with the 

 base denticulated on both sides. 



Indian Ocean ; New Guinea. 



11. Carcharias brevirostris. 



Hj'poprion brevirostris, Poey, Repert. Fis.-nut. Cuba, 1868, p. 451. 



Snout obtuse. The teeth of the upper jaw with the base denti- 

 culated on both sides ; the lower erect. Fins without black spots. 

 {Poey.) 



Cuba. 



The same author (l. c. p. 452) has described another Cuban species 

 from a pair of jaws, naming it Hypoprion siynatus. He saj^s that it 

 agrees with H. macloti with regard to the dentition, but that it must 

 be a distinct species on account of the different locality. Teeth ||, 

 the upper and lower slightly oblique. 



12. Carcharias hemiodon. 



Carcharias ( Ilj-poprion) hemiodon, ^liill. 8f Henle, p. 35, pi. 19. fig. 2 



(teeth) ; Dumeril, Elasmohr. p. 351. 

 Hypoprionodou hemiodon, Gill, Ann. Lye. Nat. Hist. Netv York, vii. 



p. 409 (name only). 



Snout obtusely rounded, the nostrils being midway between the 

 mouth and the extremity of the snout. The distance between the 

 mouth and extremity of the snout equals that between the outer 

 angles of the nostrils. The teeth of the upper jaw oblique, with the 

 base denticulated on the outer part only. 



Indian Seas. 

 a. Male, 28 inches long : stuffed. India. Presented by T. E. J. 



Boileau, Esq. 

 h. Female, 31 inches long : stuffed. Calcutta. Purchased of Mr. 



Burtlett. 

 c. Female, 23 inches long. 



13. Carcharias playfairii. 



Snout short, obtusely rounded, the distance of the end of the 

 snout and the mouth being rather more than the length, and two-thirds 

 the width, of the mouth. Nostrils midway between the mouth and 



i 



/ 



