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man.) Perhaps a local variety of B. acMeyi Garman, a species described 

 from Yucatan Banks. 



(Garman, Bull. Mas. Comp. Zool. xi, 235, 1881.) 



33 (o). R. plaalonia Garman. 



Brown, tlie adults purplish, with irregular transverse series of ill- 

 defined, often confluent brown spots, besides some white spots ; tail with 

 light and dark bands; dorsals dark; lower surface white. Disk broader 

 than long, subqnadraugular, rounded in front; snout forming a very 

 blunt angle; tail half longer than disk; rostral cartilage short, not ex- 

 tending to the tip of the snout. Width of mouth half its distance from 

 snout. Teeth in 32 series. Eyes large, their length more than inter- 

 orbital width. Back and tail covered with small, close-set, stellate 

 spines, the points slender, compressed, directed backwards. A close 

 series of large spines along the middle line of back and tail; a supra- 

 orbital row, and a single spine on each side of back of head ; a series 

 of about five on each side of shoulder-girdle, in front of which are one 

 or two more; two series on each side of tail. Lower parts smooth. 

 Deep water; off coast of South Carolina. [Garman.) 



(Garman, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool. xi, 2'3(), 1S81.) 



On page 42, instead of Bala cooperi, read: 

 54. R. Mraoctalatn Grcl. 



The synonymy given to ^^ R. hinoculata'" on page 41 should be trans- 

 ferred to this species, the original '■'■hinoculata'''' being the young, and 

 '■^ cooperV the adult, of the same species. 



On page 43, instead of Eaia Mnocidata, read: 

 56. K. inoc'lilCita. Jordan & Gilbert. 



For the synonymy given on page 44 substitute the following: 



(Eaia inornaia Jor. & Gilb. Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus, 18S0, 457 and 1881, 74.) 



Yar. mermis is also described in loc. cit. 1881, 74. 



On page 45, after Raia stellulata, add: 



57 (h). R. pas'EBaiiCcE'a Bean. 



Olive brown above, with numerous faint light blotches, two of which 

 are larger than the rest. Disk considerably broader than long; tip of 

 snout slightly i)rojecting; interorbital width 3^ in distance from snout 

 to eye; tail as long as distance from its root to eye. Teeth in 27 rows. 

 Snout, supraoccipital region, and whole margin of pectorals and ven- 

 trals, covered with small prickles, as is also an area on tail; back and 



