20. SCYLLIUM. 401 



r. Half-grown : skin. Sumatra. Presented by Sir T. S. Baffles. — 

 Type of the species. 



d. Adult. East-Indian archipelago. From Dr. Bleeker's Col- 



lection. 



e. Adult. India. 



/. Adult: stuiFed. Presented by Sir A. Smith. 



2. Scyllium maculatum. 



Squalus macidatus, BI. Srhii. p. I^IO ("not mict.). 



? Squahis cuvier, Peron i^- Les. Jouni. Ac. Nat. Sc. Phil. ii. p. 351. 



Nasal valves confluent, without cirrus, forming together a broad 

 flap in front of the mouth, with the hinder margin concave. Both 

 jaws with a well-developed labial fold, extending from the symphysis 

 of the lower jaw, round the angle of the mouth, to the nasal flap. 

 Teeth of the lower jaw of moderate size, with a long median cusp, 

 and a pair of small cusps on each side. Gill-openings narrow. Skin 

 of the trunk rough. Ventral fins obliquely truncated behind. End 

 of the anal fin below the middle of the dorsal ; the length of its 

 base is equal to that of the dorsal, and three-fourths of its distance 

 from tlie caudal. Brownish above and below, with scattered round 

 brown spots scarcely as large as the eye, and distant from one 

 another. 



Australian seas. 



a. StuiFed, 23 inches long. Bramble Bay. Presented by the 

 Earl of Derby. 



This species difi'ers from 8e. marmoratum, beside the coloration, in 

 the much larger size of the teeth ; one of the mandibular teeth is 

 3 millims. long, and as many broad in the example described. Also 

 the giU-openings are considerably narrower. 



3. Scyllium edwardsii. 



Squalus catulus, Edwards, Glean, iii. tab. 289. 



ScylUum edwardsii, Cuv. Regne An. ; 31)111. <§■ Henle, p. 4, pi. 1 ; Du- 



meril, Elasmohr. p. 319. 

 pictum, Midi. 8^ Hmle, pp. 4, 189. 



Nasal valves confluent, without cirrus, forming together a broad 

 flap in front of the mouth, the posterior edge of the flap being free, not 

 intcrniptcd in the middle, scarcely concave. A short labial fold 

 round the angle of the mouth, not extending far towards the sym- 

 physis of the jaws. Teeth of both jaws minute, tricuspid. End of 

 the anal fin below the anterior part of the dorsal ; the length of its 

 base is more than that of the dorsal ; and about two-thirds of its 

 distance from the caudal. Uniform dark brown (in a preserved 

 state). 



Cape of Good Hope. 

 a-f. Stuflfed, 19-25 inches long. From Sir A. Smith's Collection. 

 g-h. Young. From Sir A. Smith's Collection. 



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