4fJ8 RAJTD-i:. 



to the distance from the end of the snout to the hind margin of the 

 ventral tin. Coloration uniform. 

 Coasts of Europe. 



a-h. Adult males : stuffed. Firth of Forth. 



c. Adult female : skin. Purchased of Mr. Yarrell. 



d. Half-gro^vu female : stuffed. Madeira. Presented by the Rev. 



11. T. Lowe. 



e. Jaws of adult examples. 



22. Raja macrorhynchus. 



Lreviraja macrorhynclms, (Itajin.) Uonap. Fann. Ital. Pesce. 

 Raja mucosissima, Nardo, Isis, 1827, pp. 476, 482. 

 niacrorliyncba, Dumh-il, Elasmohr. p. 566. 



Snout long and pointed, the luidfh of the inferorhital space being one- 

 fourth of the distance of the eye from the end of the snout. The anterior 

 profile (from the snout to the angle of the pectoral fin) is deeply con- 

 cave. The outer pectoral angle is a right one. Body smooth in 

 young examples, but partly covered with minute asperities in older. 

 Larger sjnnes on the tail onh/ where they stand in one or three series. 

 Teeth in 50 series in the upper jaw, rather obtuse in the female, and 

 with a pointed keel in the male. Disk broader than long. Browu 

 above and below ; lower surface with numerous dark-coloured open- 

 ings of the mucous ducts. 



Mediterranean and neighbouring parts of the Atlantic. 



a. Male, 30 inches long : stuffed. Madeira. Presented by the Rev. 



R. T. Lowe. 



b. Young female : skin. From Yarrell's Collection. 



liaja gaimardi, Valenc. in Gaimard, Voy. Isl. et Groenl. Poiss. 

 pis. 2 & 3 ; Dumeril, Elasmohr. p. 565, from the Arctic regions, is 

 probably identical with this species. 



23. Raja vomer. 



? Raja acu3, Lac6p. v. p. G65. 



Raja vomer, J'nV.s, Vet. Akad. Ilandl. 1838, p. 161 ; MiUl. Sc Henle, 



p. 144; Kroi/. Damn. Fisk. ill. p. 1011; Malm, (Efvers. Vet. Ak. 



Forhandl. 1857, p. l'J3 ; Dumeril, Elasmohr. p. 571 ; Yarrell, Brit. 



Fish. 3rd edit. ii. p. 548. 

 mucronata. Vouch, Cornish Faun. p. 25, and Fish. Brit. Isl. i. 



p. 93, pi. 19. 

 Chagreen Raj', Yan-cll, Brit. Fish. 2ud edit. ii. p. 548. 



Snout very long and pointed, the undth of the interorbital space 

 being one-si.rth of the distance of the eye from the end of the snout. 

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

 is deeply concave. Outer pectoral angle somewhat pointed. Body 

 covered with minute asperities above and below, but without any 

 larger spines. Tail ivith a series of spines cdong the lower edge, but 

 none in the median line. Teeth in 46 series in the upper jaw, each 

 with a prominent, pointed keel. The width of the disk is equal to 

 the distance from the end of the snout to the hind margin of the ven- 



