360 



CARCHAEIlDiE. 



lower. Length of the snout (from the front margin of the mouth) 

 more than the distance of the eye from the gill-opening. Distance 

 between the outer angles of the nostrils equal to that of the nostril 

 from the extremity of the snout. Coloration uniform. 

 East- Indian archipelago ; Japan. 



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

 h. Fine specimen. Japan. Purchased of Mr. Jamrach. 



5. Carcharias terrae novae. 



Squaliis (Carcharias) terrae novae, Richards. Faun. Bor.-Amer. iii. 



p. 289. 

 Carcharias (Scoliodon) lalandii, Miill. Sf Henle, p. 30 ; DumSrii, Elas- 



mubr. p. 346. 

 (ScoHodon) terrae novae, GiU, Catal. Fish. Fast. Coast X. Amer. 



1861, p. 59 ; JJumenl, I. c. 



Pectoral fin with the posterior margin slightly concave and the 

 upper angle pointed, extending beyond the origin or below the 

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

 about one-third of its distance from the ventral ; its pointed termi- 

 nal lobe terminates at a great distance from the root of the caudal 

 fin. Terminal caudal lobe tapering *. A short labial groove at the 

 angle of the mouth extending for a short distance on the upper Jaw 

 as ivell as the loiver. Length of the snout (from the front margin 

 of the mouth) equal to the distance of the eye from the gill-opening. 

 Distance between the outer angles of the nostrils conspicuously more 

 than that of the nostril from the extremity of the snout. Caudal 

 fin with a narrow blackish edge. 



Newfoundland, West Indies, and South America. 



a. Fine specimen. St. Croix. Purchased of Mr. Stevens. 



b. Stuffed, 31 inches long. Jamaica. 



c-d. Skins, young. Jamaica. From Dr. Parnell's Collection. 

 e. Stuffed, 22 inches long. West Indies. Purchased of Mr. Scri- 

 vener. 

 /. Half-grown. Bahia. From Dr. Wucherer's Collection. 

 g. Young male. Purchased of Mr. Brandt. 



/3. Physodon. 

 Physodon, MOIL <§• Henle. 

 Carcharias with the teeth in the middle of the lower jaw small, 

 those on the sides being much larger, swollen at the base, aud j^rovided 

 with an oblique, narrow cusp. The upper teeth flat and oblique. 

 None denticulated. 



6. Carcharias mtdleri 



Mailer (^ Henle, p. 30, pi. 19. fig. 1 (teeth) : DumSrU, Elasmohr. 

 p. 347. 



Snout elongate and pointed ; mouth nearly as long as broad. 



.* In mature ezawples. In young individuals it is, like the other tin?, more 

 obtiwe. 



