1. PRisTis. 439 



d-e. Stuffed, G feet and 2^ feet long. Purchased of Mr. Stevens. 

 /. Saws of various adult and half-grown examples, the longest being 

 5 feet long. 



Mature :- 



5. Pristis cuspidatus. 



Pristis cuspidatus, Latham, Trans. Linn. Soc. 1794, ii. p. 279, pi. 2(3. 



fig. 3 (rostrum) ; Bl. Schn. p. 351 ; Miill. ^ Ilcnle, p. 107; Dumeril, 



JElasmobr. p. 47(3. 

 semisagittatus, Catit. Mai. Fish. p. 407. 



Immature : — 



Yahla, Russell, i. p. 8, pi. 13. 



Pristis semisagittatus, Shatv, Zool. v. 2. p. 361; Miill. ^ Henle, p. 108, 



pi. GO (mouth) ; Caiit. I. c. ; Bleek. Verh. Bat. Gen. xxiv. Llag. 



p. 53 ; Dumeril, Elasmohr. p. 477 ; L>ay, Fish. Malabar, p. 272. 



Dorsal tin situated entirely behind the root of the vcntrals. From 

 25 to 34 pairs of broad rostral teeth, which have a cutting edge in 

 front and behind, and in young specimens are provided Avith a more 

 or less distinct barb on the hinder edge (semisagittatus). Tlie ros- 

 trum is toothless for a considerable distance from its base. Dorsal 

 fins equal in size, i)roduccd into a long pointed posterior lobe ; caudal 

 fin with a distinct lower lobe. 



East Indies. 



a. Stuffed, 4 feet long. Pinang. From Dr. Cantor's Collection. 



b. Stuffed, 4 feet long. India. Presented by T. E. Boileau, Esq. 



c. Stuffed, 4 feet long. India. 



d. e. Young. East-Indian archipelago. 

 f-i. Young : stuffed. 



k. Rostrum of adult. Tenasserim. Presented by J. D. C. Pack- 

 man, Esq. 



I, nostrum. From the Collection of Dr. van Lidth de Jcude. 



m. Head of young : dried. Bengal. Presented by General Hard- 

 wicke. 



n~q. Saws of adult and half-grown specimens. 



