21. MYLIOIiATIS. 491 



Body smooth in young examples, rather rough in old ones. 

 Snout produced into a long and somewhat pointed Heshy appendage. 

 Median teeth of the upper jaw about eiglit times as broad as long 

 in adult examples, but they are comparatively broader in young 

 ones. Dorsal tin between the ventrals, its origin being at a very 

 short distance behind the insertion of the ventrals. Or])it without 

 horn. Coloration uniform. 



Mediterranean and neighbouring parts of the Atlantic. 



a. Head and part of body of an adult example. Madeira. From 



the Collection of the Rev. 11. T. Lowe. 

 h. Half-grown. Madeira. From the Collection of the Zoological 



Society. 



c. Young : stuffed. Madeii-a. Presented by the Rev. R. T. Lowe. 



6. Myliobatis nieuhofii. 



Zee-vleermuis, Xietihof, LmH en Zee-Reize, ii. p. 278, with fig. ; 



Willughhy, App. p. (J, tab. 10. fig. 3; Russell, Fish. Corom. pi. 10. 

 Raja uieuliofii, Bl. Schn. p. .364. 



fasciata, Slum, Gen. Zoul. v. 2. p. 286, pi. 143. 



Myliobatis nieuhofii, Cm. Rk/ne An. ; Iliill. ^- Henle, p. 177 ; Cantor, 



Mai. Fish. p. 432 ; Rlcek. ) 'erh. Bat. Gen. xxiv. P%. p. 85 ; I>u- 



meril, Elasmobr. p. 638. 



Body smooth. The fleshy protuberance of the snout is very short 

 and obtuse. Disk twice as broad as long. The origin of the dorsal 

 fin is nearly opposite to the end of the root of the ventrals. Orbit 

 without horn. Young individuals with about five blue cross bands, 

 which disappear with age. No spots. [In none of the specimens 

 have I observed a caudal spine.] 



Indian Ocean and archiijelago ; Japan. 

 a. Young : stuffed. Pinang. From Dr. Cantor's Collection. 

 h, c. Half-grown and young. Moluccas. 



d. Half-grown. Japan. Purchased of Mr. Jamrach. 



7. Myliobatis milvus. 



Myliobatis milvus, Mull. ^- Ilenic, p. 178; Rlcck. Verh. Bat. Gen. 

 xxiv. Pl(t(/. p. 87 : Dumeril, Elusmobr. p. (')?>S. 



vultur, Midi. S)- llenlr, p. 179; Dumcril, I. c. p. 640. 



oculeiis, Richurch. Ichth. Chin. p. li)8. 



Body smooth. The fleshy protuberance of the snout is very short 

 and obtuse. Disk not twice as broad as long. The origin of the 

 dorsal fin is nearly opposite to the end of the root of the ventrals. 

 Orbit without horn. Posterior half of the body with green oceUi, 

 edged witli brown. [No caudal spine.] 



East-Indian seas ; China. 



a. Young. China. Presented by J. R. Reeves, Esq. — Type of M. 



vultur. 

 h. Young. East-Indian archipelago. From Dr. Blcckcr's Collection. 



Only young examples have been examined of this species, which 



