3. iiniNOBATUs. 441 



(■. Jaws of a Lirgf example. Seychellca. Prcscutcd by Swinburne 

 Ward, Esq. 



d. Jaws of a large example. Pinang. From Dr. Cantor's Collectiou. 



e. Jaws of a large example. 



2. Rhynchobatus djeddensis. 

 Rbinobatua, Duhaviel, Pesclic.f, ii. pi. lo. figs. 1 & 2. 

 llaja djiddensis, Fursk. Uescr. Anim. p. 18. 

 Itaie bokbat, Laci'p. i. p. 189. 

 Kaie rhiuobate, Lacep. i. p. 145, pi. G. tig. ?>. 

 libiuobatus itevis, Bl. Schn. p. ■',^)A, pi. 71 ; Schley. Faun. Jajmii. 



Poiss. p. oOO, pi. 139. 



djidsensis, HI. Sc/tn. p. 350. 



Walawali Tenkee, Ilussell, i. p. G, tab. 10. 



Rhiiiobatin djeddensis, Miij^j). Atl. Fisch. p. 54, tab. 14. fig. 1 ; Bonn. 



ill Lif\' of liuplvs, p. G93. 



duliameli, Blainv. Faun. Fr. p. 48. 



Rbyncbobatus lajvis, Milll. ^- Hcnle, p. Ill; Block. J'crh. Bat. Goi. 



xxiv. Fl(i(/. p. 58 ; Dumeril, Flusuwbr. p. 483. 

 djeddensis, Cant. Mai. Fish. p. 412 ; Day, Fish. Malah. p. 273. 



Snout narrowed, prolonged, and pointed. The series of tubercles 

 are arranged as in lih. annjJostomus, but the tubercles arc very small. 

 Dental surface of both jaws slightly undulated. 



Indian Ocean and archipelago. 



a. Adult female : stuffed, six feet long. 



h. Half-grown : stutfed. lied Sea. Purchased of Dr. Riippell. 



c. Young. Zanzibar. Presented by Lieut. -Col. Playfair. 



d. Skin, in spirits, of an adult female (5 feet long). Seychelles. 



From Prof. E. P. Wright's Collection. 



e. Young : stuffed. Sumatra. From the Collection of Sir St. 



Raffles. 

 /. Young : stuffed. East-Indian arcliipelago. From the Collection 



of Dr. van Lidth de Jeudo. 

 </. Young : stuffed. India. Presented by T. E. J. Boileau, Esq. 

 h. Young. From the Haslar Collectiou. 

 i-h. Jaws of adult examples. 



3. RHINOBATUS*. 



Rhinobatus, sp., Bl. Schn. 



Syrrhina ct Rhinobatus, 3Iull. Sf- Hcnle. 



Body depressed, gradually passing into the tail. Cranial cartilage 

 produced into a long rostral process, the space between the process 

 and pectoral fin being filled by a membrane. Spiracles wide, 

 behind the eye. Nostrils oblique, wide ; anterior na.sal valves not 

 confluent. Teeth obtuse, with an indistinct transverse ridge. Dorsal 



* 1. Ehinobatus productus, Girard, Proc. Ac. Kat. Sc. Dtihid. 1854, p. IOC, 

 and U. S Pac. R. N. Krpcd. Fish. p. 370. 



2. jarani, Moiifroicrier, in Ann. Soc. Agric. Hist. Nat. Lyon, 1856, 



p. 220.— Woodlark Isliind (Louiaiade arcliipelago). 



