:j90 LAMNin.K. 



Squalus nasus, Walbaum, Artcdi, iii. p. ol7. 



pennauti, Walbaian, I. c. 



1,'laucus, Gunner, Noj'sk. Vid. Selsk. Skr. iv. p. 1. 



inoneusis, .'^haw, Gen. Zool. v. 2. p. 350 ; Jeniins, Mmi. p. 501 . 



sclanonus, Leach, IFerncr. 3fcin. ii. p. 64, pi. 2. fig. 2. 



P Squalus rostratus, >S'«r. Macri,Mem. Accad. Sc. Napol. 1819, i. p. 55, 



tab. 1. fig. 2 (very bad). 

 Lanina coruubica, Flcm. Brit. An.^. 168; Miill.Sf Henle,^.Q,7 ; Yar- 



rell, Brit. Fish. 2iid edit. ii. p. 515, or 3rd edit. ii. p. 498 ; Parnell, 



Werner. Mem. \\\. p. 413 ; Bonap. Faun. Ital. Pesc. ; Agass. Poiss. 



Foss. iii. p. 287, tab. G. figs. Ha-:^d■, Schlerj. Faun. Japon. Poiss. 



p. 304; Thompson, Nat. Hist. Ireland, iv. p. 251 ; Kroyer, Danm. 



Fisk. iii. p. 852; Nilss. Skand. Faun. Fisk. p. 718; Ihimeril, Elas- 



mobr. p. 405 ; Bocaye Sc Capello, Peix. Plagiost. p. 12. 

 Selanoniiis walkeri, Flem. Brit. An. p. 169. 

 Squalus (Carcharinus) lainia, Blainv. Faun. Franq. p. 88. 



( ) cornubicus, Blainv. I. c. p. 96, tab. 14. fig. 2. 



? Carcharias griseus, Ayrcs, Bost. Journ. Nat. Hist. iv. 1844, p. 293, 



pi. 12. fig. 4 (bad). 

 Isurus cornubicus. Gray, Catal. Chondropt. p. 58. 



Praeoral portion of the snout longer than the longitudinal axis 

 of the cleft of the mouth, conical, pointed. Angle of the mouth 

 nearly midway between the gill-opening and nostril. Teeth ~^^ 

 on each side, lanceolate, with a small basal cusp on each side in 

 adult specimens ; in young specimens these cusps are absent. The 

 third tooth on each side of the ivpper jaiv is very smtdl. The width 

 of the first gill-opening is nearly equal to its distance from the last. 

 Origin of the dorsal fin above the root of the pectorals, which are 

 somewhat falciform, the length of their lower margin being nearly 

 one-fourth of that of the upper. 



Vert. 155, 74 of which are between the skull and second dorsal 

 fin. 



Atlantic ; Mediterranean ; Japan. 



a-h. Adult, male and female, 8 feet long : stuffed. English coast, 

 c Fine yoimg specimen, ^H feet long. Eastbourne. Presented by 



Mr. Gerrard. 

 d. Half-grown : stuffed. Plymouth. Presented by Lieut. H. F. 



Spcnce, It.N. 

 f. Half-grown : stuffed. English coast. 

 f-ij. Jaws of adult examples. 

 /(. Skeleton of a young example. 



2. Lamua spallauzanii. 



(Jauis cavcharias, Aldrorand. p. 388. 

 ':* Spallajizani, Viayy. <b?c. iv. p. 325. 

 Lanma punctata, (not Miteh.) Storer, Bod. Journ. Nat. Hist. ii. 



1839, p. 534, pi. a? Hg. 2 : Dckai/, New York Faun. Fish. p. 352, 



pi. 63. fig. 20()'. 

 Oxvi'hiiia spallauzanii, Bmutp. Faun. Ital. Pesc. ; Duuieril, Elusawbr. 



p. 408. 



Ill lliis fi;,'iirc tlic "lor.-ial fin i^ placed as in L. yUmca. 



