458 RAJIDJi. 



2. Eaja maculata. 

 The Homelyu Ray. 



Fuller Ray, Peim. Brit. Zool. iii. p. 80, or, edit. 1812, iii. p. 116. 

 Raja maculata, 3Iontagu, Werner. Me7n. ii. p. 426; Jenyns, Man. 



p. 514; Parnell, Werner. Mem. vii. p. 434, tab. 42'; Thompson, 



Nat. Hist. Irel. iii. p. 200. 



rubus, Dunov. Brit. Fish. i. pi. 20; Turt. Brit. Faun. p. 111. 



miraletus, Dmiov. Brit. Fish. v. pi. 103 ; Turt. Brit. Faun. 



p. Ill ; Jeni/ns, 3Iun. p. 518 ; Yarrell, Brit. Fish. 2nd edit. ii. p. 570, 



or 3rd edit. ii. p. 570. 

 niicrocellata, Montagu, Werner. Mem. ii. p. 430 ; Flem. Brit. 



An. p. 171; Jenyns, Mm. p. 515; M'^Coy., Ann. Nat. Hist. vi. 



p. 407 ; Yarrell, Brit. Fish. 2nd & 3rd edit. ii. p. 567. 

 Spotted Ray, Couch, Fish. Brit. Isl. i. p. 104, pi. 24. 

 Painted Ray, Couch, I. c. p. 107, pi. 25. 



The margins of the snout form an obtuse angle ; but its extremity 

 is slightly produced and projecting. The width of the interorbital 

 space is equal to that of the orbit together with the spiracle. The 

 distance between the outer margins of the nostrils is a little less 

 than their distance from the end of the snout. Teeth rather small, 

 about fifty or sixty series can be distinguished in the upper jaw. 

 Outer pectoral angle nearly a right one. Body nearly smooth ; a 

 series of compressed spines along the middle of the back and tail ; 

 sometimes another series along the side of the tail. Sujiraorbital 

 ridge with one or more claw-hkc spines in front, and with some 

 others behind. Only a few very small asperities along the ridges of 

 the snout. Male with a patch of claw-like spines on the side of the 

 head, and another on a level with the outer angle of the pectoral fin. 

 V2yp6ii' parts with numerous dark brown or black s^^ots. 



Coasts of Europe. 



a. Adult male: stuffed. Pirth of Forth. 



b. Half-grown female : stuffed. Firth of Forth. 



c. Many half-grown and young specimens : skins. English coast. 



d. Young. Falmouth. Presented by W. C. Cocks, Esq. 



e-f. Adult females. Guernsey. Presented by Capt. Harcourt Powell. 



<j-h. Half-grown : skins. English coast. From Mr. Yarrell's Col- 

 lection, as H. microcellata. 



i. Half-grown female : skin. Madeira. Presented by the Rev. 11. 

 T. Lowe. 



h-l. Jaws. From Yarrell's Collection. 



3. Raja punctata. 



Raja punctata, Risso, Ichth. Nice, p. 12, and Eur. Merid. iii. p. 153. 

 Dasybatis asterias, Bonap. Faun. Ital. Peso. 



Raja Schultzii, Miill. ^- Heiile, pp. 138, 194, taf. 40. fig. 1 ; Dumeril, 



Masmobr. p. 541. 



Angle formed by the margins of the snout obtuse, the extremity 



slightly projecting. The width of the interorbital space (which is 



flat and very rough) is equal to the length of the orbit together with 



the spiracle. Teeth obtuse, in from 40 to 45 series in the u^^per jaw. 



