498 MILlOIiATID.T,. 



1. Ceratoptera vampyrus. 



? Zee Duyvel, JVmihof, Lant- en ZccSche, ii. p. 275 ; Williif/hhij, p. 5, 



tab. 9. fig. 3 ; Petiver, Gazophyl. i. tab. 54. fig. 2. 

 ? Raja fimbriata, Lacep. iv. p. G77, pi. .U>. fig. 3. 

 Ceplialopterus vampj'rus, Mitch. Ann. Lye. Nat. Hist. Xeiu York, 



1823, i. p. 23, pi. 2." fig. 1 (cop. in Ids, 1832, p. 10G3, taf. 28. fig. 4) ; 



Dekai/, Kezo York Faun. Fish. p. 377, pi. 67. fig. 219. 



giorua, Lesiieiir, Journ. Ac. Nat. Sc. Phikul. iv. p. ] 15, pi. 6. 



Sea-Devil, Lamunt, Edinh. Philos. Jotirn. 1824, xi. p. 113. 

 Ceplialoptera manta, Bancroft, Zool. Journ. iv. p. 444 (Maiita anie- 



ricaiia). 



diabolus, Valene. in Cuv. Hegne An. illmtr. Poiss. pi. 119. 



johuii, Midi. ^- Henle, p. 660, taf. 69. 



Diabolicbtbvs elliotti, Holmes, Proc. Elliott Soc. Nat. Hist. Chariest. 



1856, p. 39. 

 Ceratoptera vampirus, Dmneril, Elasmobr. p. 660. 



The teeth extend over the whole width of the lower jaw ; they 

 are arranged in about 100 longitudinal rows, the rows being sepa- 

 rated from one another by distinct interspaces. Tail about as long 

 as the body. The whole body and tail rough, equally covered with 

 small tubercular prominences. 



Atlantic. Attains to a width of about twenty feet. 



a. Stuffed, 5 feet broad. Jamaica. Purchased of the United Ser- 

 vice Museum. 



This example was a foetus taken from the uterus of the mother, 

 captured by Lieut. St. Johu. She measured 15 feet in width as 

 well as in length, and was between 3 and 4 feet thick. The foetus 

 weighed 20 pounds. 



2. Ceratoptera ehrenbargii. 



Milll. >§• Henle, p. 187*. 



The teeth do not extend over the whole width of the lower jaw, 

 and are arranged in abovit 200 series, which stand close together. 

 Tail about as long as the body. The whole body and tail rough, 

 covered with small tubercles with a stellate base. 



Eed Sea. 



* On an unpublislied plate of the ' Symbol.'c Physicre ' tliis species is named 

 " Cephaloptera stelligei-a ;" the horns are horizontally bent inwards. 



