1. CARCUARIAS. 359 



of the dorsal fin. The Icngtli of the base of the anal fin is one-half, 

 or less than one-half, of its distance from the ventral ; its pointed 

 terminal lobe terminates not far from the root of the caudal fin. 

 Terminal caudal lobe tai)ering. A very short labial groove at the 

 angle of the mouth, not extending on the upper jaw, and for a very 

 short distance only on the lower. Length of the snout (from Iho 

 I'ront margin of the mouth) ecjual to, or a little less than, the dis- 

 tance of the eye from the gill-opening. Posterior margin of the 

 pectoral whitish, upper margin of the caudal blackish. 

 Indian Ocean and archipelago to Japan. 



a. Half-grown : stuffed. Cape Seas. From Sir A. Smith's Col- 

 lection. 



h. Adult female (17 inches). East-Indian archipelago. From Dr. 

 Blceker's Collection. 



c. Adult female : stuffed. Pinang. From Dr. Cantor's Collection. 



(/. Adult female. Singapore. 



e. Young. Vizagapatam. Presented by Capt. Mitchell. 



/. Adult male. Japan. Purchased of Mr. Jamrach. 



ij. Adult. From the Haslar Collection. 



3. Carcliarias dumerilii. 



Carchaiias (Scoliodou) dumerilii, Bleek. Act. Soc. Jmlo-Neerl. i. Avi- 

 boina, p. 70. 



Pectoral fin with the posterior margin slightly concave and the 

 npper angle much pointed, extending to or somewhat beyond the 

 origin of the dorsal fin. The length of the base of the anal fin is 

 one-third, or less than one-third, of its distance from the ventral ; 

 its pointed terminal lobe terminates at a great distance from the I'oot 

 of the caudal fin. Terminal caudal lobe tapering. A very short 

 labial groove at the angle of the mouth, not extending along either 

 of the jaws. Length of the snout (from the front margin of the 

 montli) equal to, or only a little less than, the distance of the eye 

 from the root of the pectoral fin. Pectoral fins black, with a narrow 

 whitish margin. 



\mboyna. 



a. Type of the species. From Dr. Bleeker's Collection. 

 6. Half-grown. Purchased of Hr. Frank. 



4. Carcharias walbeehmii. 



Carchariaa (Scoliodon) walbeehmi, Bkck. Nat. Tyds. Xed. Ind. x. 

 p. 353. 



Pectoral fin with the posterior margin slightly concave and the 

 upper angle pointed, extending somewhat beyond the origin of the 

 dorsal fin. The length of the base ot the anal fin is about two-fifths 

 of its distance from the ventral ; its pointed terminal lobe ter- 

 minates at some distance from the root of the caudal fin. Terminal 

 caudal lobe tapenng. A short labial groove at tho angle of the 

 mouth extendinrj for a short distance on thciqiper Jaw, as tvell as the 



