414 SCTLLIID^. 



three-cuspid, smaller, forming a few series only. The fourth and 

 iifth giU-opening's close together. 

 Japanese and Australian seas. 



1. Crossorhinus barhatus. 



Valent. iii. p. 3-30, pi. 52 ; Phillip, Voy. Botamj Bmj, p. 285, pi. 43. 

 Squalus barhatus, Gm. L. i. p. 1493 ; Lacep. i. p. 247 ; Bl. Schn. 

 p. 128. 



lobatus, Bl. Schn. p. 137. 



appendiculatus, Shaw, Nat. Misc. pi. 727. 



Crossorhinus barbatus, Miiller S,- Henle, p. 21, pi. 5 ; Sehleg. Faun. 

 Japon. Pcriss. p. 301 ; Dumenl, Elasmohr. p. 338. 

 About seven skinny, simple or partly bifid lobes on each side of 

 the head, five of which are near the angle of the mouth. Very 

 minute barbels across the chin are sometimes absent. Distance 

 between the two dorsal fins equal to the length of the base of the 

 first. Upper parts brown, marbled with grey ; a whitish spot be- 

 hind the spiracle. 



Australian and Japanese seas. 



a-h. StuiFed, 7 and 5| feet long. South Australia. 



c. Young. Stuffed. New Holland. 



d. Half-grown. Van Diemen's Land. From the Haslar Collection. 

 e,f. Fine specimens. Japan. 



<j-li. Half-grown : stuiFed. Japan. Purchased of Hr. Frank. 



2. Crossorliinus tentaculatus. 

 Peters, Monatsber. Ak. Wiss. Berl. 18(34, p. 123. 



A single flat tentacle at the angle of the mouth, another on the 

 side of the throat. Chin without barbels. Distance between the 

 two dorsal fins much less than the length of the base of either. 

 Back with very broad brown cross bands, the posterior encircling 

 the taU entirely. A white spot behind the spiracle. 



Australian seas. 

 a-h. Fine specimens. Cape York. From Hr. Diimel's Collection. 

 c, d. Young. Australia. 



3. Crossorhinus dasjrpogon. 



Blceker, Arch. Kcerland. 1807, p. 400. 



A nearly continuous fringe of dendritic tentacles on the side of 

 the head, from the nostril to the gill-opening. Chin with a fringe 

 of similar tentacles. Eyes minute. Distance between the two 

 dorsal fins equal to the length of the base of the first. A brown 

 network, enclosing numerous small round whitish spots, covers aU 

 the upper parts. A very smaU white speck behind the spiracle. 



AVaigiou. 

 a. Type of the species. From Dr. Blocker's Collection. 



