412 SCYLLTIU.E. 



Chiloscvllium plngiosum, Miillcr ^- He ale, p. 17; Cant. Mai Fish. 

 p. 302 ; Bleek. Verh. Bat. Gen. xxiv. Plagiost. p. 17 ; Dinneril, 

 Elosmubr. p. 328 ; Day, FL<h. Malabar, p. 2(57. 



giiseiim, Midi. i^-^Hmlc, p. 19, pi. 4 (uot good). 



tuberciilatum, JL>7//. df Hc7ile, p. 19 ; Bleek. I. c. p. 20 ; DumSrii, 



I. c. p. 331 ; Kner, Xocara, Fisch. pp. 412, 413. 

 Squalus caudatus, Gronov. Syst. ed. Gray, p. 8. 

 Scylliuin hasseltii, Bleek. I. c. p. 10. 

 — '— phymatodes, Bleek. I. c. p. 21 ; DumeiH, I. c. p. 331. 

 Hemiscyllium malayanum, Bleek. Xat. Tycls. Ned. hid. vii. p. 370 



(not Less.). 

 Chiloscvllium margaritiferum, Bleek. Ned. Tyds. Dierk. i. p. 243 ; 



DiimcrU, I.e. p. 320 (youug). 

 Syncliismus tuberculatus, Gill, Ann. Lye. Nat. Hist. New York, 1861, 

 p. 408 (name only). 

 The lo-sver labial fold is perfectly continuous. Mouth much nearer 

 to the eye than to the extremity of the snout, which is produced, 

 more or less obtuse. Posterior margin of the two dorsal fins convex. 

 The first dorsal inserted behind the base of the ventrals. Some- 

 times one or thi-ee smooth or tubercular ridges aloug the back *. 

 Coloration variable. 



Indian Ocean and arcliipelago, from the Cape of Good Hope to 

 Japan. 



Yar. a. plagiosa. Upper parts uith broad dark cross bands ; 

 each band includinrf some round white and blacTc spots. {Some ex- 

 amples ivith a median dorsal keel.) 

 a. Stuffed, 31 iuches loug. China seas. Presented by General 



Hard%\-icke. 

 6. Young. Amoy. Prom Consul S^-inhoe's Collection. 

 c, d-ff. Adult and half-grown. Japan. Purchased of Mr. Jamrach. 

 h. Adult. Formosa. Prom Consul Swinhoe's Collection. 



Yar. /3. margaritifera. These are young examples, with black 

 cross bands, each band i)icliuling larger and smaller round ivhitc 

 S2iots. 



i, k. Five inches long. China. 



l-m. Four and a half and ten iuches long. Japan. Purchased of 

 Mr. Jamrach. 



Yar. y. Body with simple dark cross bands, 

 n-o. Young. Yizagapatam. Presented by Captain Mitchell. 

 2^-<l. Young : stuffed. Pinang. From Dr. Cantor's Collection. 

 >'-^ Half-grown : stuffed. India. 



Yar. ?. The cross bands are breaking up into a greater number of 

 iuirroner hands ivith dark margins. 



u. HaK-grown : stuffed. Cape seas. Presented by Sir A. Smith. — 

 Back with three very indistinct ridges. 



* These ridges are very inconstant — sometimes very prominent and tubercular, 

 soniciimes very iudistiTict. sometimes only the median is visible. The pretended 

 species '■'tuiercidatus" does not even represent a variety. 



