450 torpedixidj:. 



Torpedo oculata, Davy, Hesearch. i. p. 78, and in Philos. Trans. 1829, 

 p. 15, and 1832, p. 259 ; MM. Sf Henle, p. 127 ; Dumeril, Rev. 

 Zool. 1852, p. 234, or Ehmnobr. p. 506. 



Spiracles without fringes ; their distance from the eye is scarcely 

 more than their own diameter. The first dorsal fin is not twice as 

 large as the second, and only its anterior half is opposite to the base 

 of the Tentrals. The longitudinal pit at the angle of the mouth is 

 only half as long as the cleft of the mouth. The band of mandibu- 

 larj teeth is but little shorter than the distance between the angles 

 of the mouth. Light brown above, with from one to seven large 

 blue ocelli ; generally with indistinct rounded whitish spots on the 

 posterior part of the trunk. The ocelli are rarely entirely absent. 



Mediterranean and neighboiiring parts of the Atlantic. 



a-h. Fine specimens. Lisbon. Presented by the liev. R. T. Lowe. 



c. Adult : stufled. Mediterranean. 



d, e-g. Adult, half-grown, and young. Mediterranean. 

 7i. Half-grown. Adriatic. 



r, Ic. Half-grown. 



'S. Torpedo marmorata. 



Narce or Torpedo, Bellon. Aqiiat. i. p. 90. 



Torpedo tertia et quarta. Rondel, p. 3G3. 



Torpedo, WaM, Phil. Trans. 1773, p. 4G1, tab. 19; Hunter, ibid. 



p. 481, tab. 20 ; Prinyle, ibid. 1774; Cavendish, ibid. 177G, p. 196. 

 Narcacion, Klein, Pise. Miss. iii. p. 32. nos. 3 & 4. 

 Raja toi-pedo, L. Syst. Nat. i. p. 395 ; liritnn. Ichth. Massil. p. 1 ; 



Donor. Brit. Fish. iii. pi. 63 ; Tiirton, Brit. Faun. p. 10. 

 Electric Rav, Pennant, Brit. Zool. iii. p. 78, pi. 10, and, ed. 1812, iii. 



p. 118, pi". 12. 

 Torpedo marmorata, Risso, Ichth. Nice, p. 20, pi. 3. fig. 4, or Eur. 



Mirid. iii. p. 143, fig. 9 ; Olfers, Torped. p. 14 ; Henle, Narcine, 



p. 30 ; Midi. ^- Henle, p. 128 ; Dumeril, Rev. Zool. 1852, p. 236, 



or Elas7nohr. p. 508 ; Yarrell, Brit. Fish. 2nd edit. ii. p. 542, and 



3rd edit. ii. p. 559. 



galvanii, Risso, Ichth. Nice, p. 21, pi. 3. fig. 5, or Eur. 3Ierid. 



iii. p. 144 ; Bonap. Faun. Ital. Pesce. 



Torpille, Reaumur, Mem. Ac. Sc. Paris, 1714, p. 344, tab. 12. fig. 1, 



tab. 13. fig. 2 ; Duhamel, Pesches, ii. p. 286, tab. 13. 

 Torpedo vulgaris, Fleming, Brit. An. p. 169. 



diversicolor, Davy, Philos. Trans. 1834, ii. p. 550. 



picta, Lowe, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1843, p. 93. 



trepidans, J'al. in Webb •$• Berthel. Res Canar. Poiss. p. 101 ; 



Dumerd, Rev. Zool. 1852, p. 238, or Elasmobr. p. 511. 



hebetans, Valenc. I. c. pi. 23 (not Lo2ve). 



Narcacion polleni, Bleek. Ned. Tydschr. Dieik. iii. p. 171. 



Spiracles distinctly fringed ; their distance from the eyes is 

 scarcely more than their own diameter. The first dorsal fin is not 

 twice as large as the second, and about its anterior half is opposite 

 to the base of the ventrals. A distinct longitudinal pit at each- 

 angle of the mouth. The band of mandibulary teeth is but 

 little shorter than the distance between the angles of the mouth. 



