11. HAJA. 407 



figs. 2-5, from tlio ^^rediterraiu'an, may be identical with this species. 

 It is true that the cliief cliaracter, viz. tlic unequal size of the mediau 

 spines, is not indicated in the figure ; but then this figure cannot be 

 very accurate, as, for instance, tho supraorbital spines, nicutioued in 

 the description, arc omitted. 



20. Raja smithii. 

 MiiU. ^- Jleiile, p. 150, pi. 48. fig. 1 ; Dumeril, Ehmnohr. p. 653. 



Snout Jong and pointed, (he width of the interorhitnl space being nearly 

 one-fourth of the distance of the eye from the end of the snout. The an- 

 terior profile (from the snout to the angle of the pectoral fin) is but 

 slightly emarginatc. The outer pectoral angle is nearly a right one. 

 Upper parts of the body covered with minute, rather distant, four- or 

 five-rooted ossifications ; lower parts smooth. A scries of strong spines 

 radiated longitudinally and transversely along the median line of the 

 back and tail ; no spines on the side of the tail. Teeth in 28 series 

 in the upper jaw, with a pointed keel in the female. Dark brown 

 above, white below. 



South Africa ; Bosphorus ? 



a. Type of the species ; skin of a female, 21 inches long. Presented 

 by Sir A. Smith. 



21. Raja fulloiiica. 



Shngveen Raj'. 



Raja, sp. no. G, Artedi, Gen. p. 72, and Sijnon. p. 101. 



Raja fulloniea, L. Syst. Nat. i. p. 396 ; Ascan. Ic. tab. 43 ; Bl. Schn. 



p. 307; Risso, Ichth. Nice, p. (not Eur. Merid.) ; Frirs, Vet. Ah. 



Hamll. 1838, p. 150, tab. 2. fig. 2; Midi. ^- Henle, p. 145 ; Yarr. 



Brit. Fish. 2nd edit. ii. p. 578, and 3rd edit. iii. p. 577 ; Kriiy. 



Danm. Fisk. iii. p. 290. 

 Sliagreen Rav, Peitn. Brit. Zool. iii. p. 77, and, ed. 1812, iii. p. 117; 



Couch, Fish. Brit. Isl. i. p. 117, pi. 29. 

 Raja gramdosa, Bl. Schn. p. 308. 



flossada, liisso, Eur. Merid. iii. p. 145. 



chagrinea, Montaq. Werner. Mem. ii. p. 420, pi. 21 ; Parnell, 



l\anx. E. Soc. Edinb. 1840, xiv. p. 144, or Werner. Mem. vii. p. 431, 



pi. 41 ; Jcnyns, Man. p. 513 ; DumerU, Elasmohr. p. 500. 

 aspera, F/em. Brit. An. p. 172. 



Snoiit long, produced, pointed, the width of the interorbital space 

 being one-third of the distance of the eye from the end of tlie snout. 

 The anterior profile (from the snout to the angle of the pectoral fin) 

 is distinctly emarginatc and undulated. Teeth slender, pointed in 

 both sexes, in about CO rows in the upper jaw. The outer pectoral 

 angle is a right one. Body covered with minute iisperities above and 

 below ; but in the male large patches are naked. A series of spines 

 along the superciliary margin ; a median series of spines between" the 

 occiput and dorsal cartilage ; scarcely any spines between the latter 

 point and the tail. Back of the fail vitJi a double series of sironr/ 

 spines, none alom/ the median line. Tlic width of the disk is equal 



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