410 SCTLMIDiE. 



e-f. Adiilt and half-grown. Zanzibar. From Lieut.-Col. Play- 

 fair's Collection. 



g-i. Half-grown and young : stuffed. Zanzibar. From Lieut.-Col. 

 Playfair's Collection. 



h. Adult : stuifed. Ceylon. From the Collection of the Zool. Soc. 



l-n. HiiJf-grown and young. Formosa. From Consul Swiuhoe's 

 Collection. 



0. Half-grown. From the Collection of Dr. van Lidth de Jcudc. 



li-q. Young : stuffed. 



24. PARASCYLLIUM. 



Parascyllium, Gill, Ann. Lijc. Nat. Hist. New York, 18G1, p. 412. 



Two dorsal fins, without spines, the first behind the ventrals ; 

 origin of the anal fin in advance of the second dorsal. Spiracle 

 minute, below the posterior angle of the orbit. Nasal and buccal 

 ca\itics confluent. Two nasal valves, each with a short cirrus. 

 Lower lip well developed. Teeth small, lanceolate, only those of the 

 lower jaw with indistinct lateral cusps. The four first gill-openings 

 distant and much narrower than the last, which is approximate to 

 the fourth and very wide. 



Tasmania. 



1. Parascyllium variolatum. 



Hemiscyllium variolatinii, Dumml, Rev. et May. Zoul. 1853, p. 121, 

 pi. 3. fig. 1, or EUmnobr. p. 327. 



Lower lip not continuous across the symphysis of the lower jaw ; 

 mouth midway between the eye and the extremity of the snout. The 

 two dorsal fins subequal in size, the first very distant from the root 

 of the ventral ; anal nearly entirely in advance of the second dorsal. 

 Dark brown above, with more or less distinct black spots. 



Tasmania. 



a. Fine specimen, 31 inches long. Purchased of Mr. Schwarzschild. 



25. CHILOSCYLLIUM. 

 Hemiscyllium et Chiloscyllium, Midler Hf Henle. 



Two dorsal fins, without spines ; the first above or behind the 

 ventrals. Anal fin placed far behind the second dorsal, and very 

 close to the caudal. Spiracle ver}^ distinct, below the eye. Nasal 

 and buccal cavities confluent. Nasal valve folded, with a cirrus. 

 Lower lip well developed, continuous or interrui)ted in the middle. 

 Teeth small, triangular, with or without lateral cusps. The two 

 last gill-openings close together *. 



Indian and Australian seas. 



1. CMloscyllium ocellatum. 



Squalus ocellatus, Gm. L. i. p. 1494 ; Lacep. i. p. 253 ; Bl. Schn. 

 p. 129 ; Shaw, Nat. Misc. pi. 161. 



* This is the case in Hemiscyllium as well as Chiloscylliuvi, 



