20. rRossoRinxrs. 413 



!•. Half-grown. Purcha.scd of Hr. Frank. — Back with three very 



flistinct ridg-cs. 

 ii\ Young: .skin. From Gronow's Collection. — This is the type of 



lyqualus iiuliciis. — The anal fin is cut away. 



Var. €. plnivmtodes. The hands are hrolen np into a greoi 

 number of hroivn spots or transverse lines, arranged in the form of 

 f>ands. Three very distinct dorsal leels. 

 .V. Half-grown. Java. Dr. Blocker's Collection. — One of the types 



of Ch. phyynatodes. 

 If. Young : stuffed. Pinang. From Dr. Cantor's Collection. 



Var. ^. ohscura. Coloration uniform brown j l-eds on the l>arl: 

 present or absent. 

 z. Half-grown : stuffed. Cape Seas. Presented bj- Sir A. Smith. 



— Cli. tubercidaturn. 

 ti. Young. Yizagapntam. Presented by Captain Mitchell. 

 /?. Half-grown: stuffed. India. 

 y. Adult. Moluccas. — Ch. obseuntm. 

 ?. Adult. Moluccas. From Dr. Bleeker's Collection. — Type of Cb. 



hasseltii. 

 F. Adult : skin. Ceylon. From Dr. Kelaart's Collection. 

 (. Half-grown. China. Presented by Sir J. Richardson. 



4. CMloscyllium pnnctatran. 



Chilo.«cyllium punctatum, Midler S: Heale. p. 18, pi. 3; Bleek. I. c. 

 p. 22 ; ? Dumeril, Elasinobr. p. 330. 



The lower labial fold is perfectly continuous. Mouth much, 

 nearer to the eye than to the extremity of the snout, which is pro- 

 duaod and rather obtuse. Posterior margin of the two dorsal fins 

 slightly concave, the postero-inferior angle being somewhat pro- 

 duced. Part of the base of the first dorsal is above that of the ven- 

 trals. Back smooth. Body with about ten broad dark cross bands, 

 and sometimes with small black dots besides. 



Java. 



a. Tliirteen inches long. Received from Dr. Bleeker with the in- 

 correct determination " Ch. malaynnum."^ 



26. CROSSOEHINUS. 

 Crossorhinus, Midi. ^- Ht-nle, p. 21. 



Two dorsal fins, without spines — the first behind the ventrals, the 

 second in advance of the aual, which is verj^ close to the caudal. 

 Tail rathei short. Eyes small. Spiracle a wide oblique slit, be- 

 hind and below the eye. Xasal and buccal cavities confluent. 

 Head broad, flat, with the snout very obtuse ; mouth w'ide, nearly 

 anterior. A free nasal cirrus ; sides of the head with skinny ap- 

 pendages. Upper and lower lips well developed. Anterior teeth 

 rather large, long, and slender, without lateral lobes ; the lateral 



