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spots. Male : Only the middle teeth arc coniciiUy pointed ; snout 

 covered with small asperities above and below ; some portions of 

 the trunk with similar asperities, others naked. A i)atch of claw- 

 like spines on the side of the head, and another on the pectoral fin. 

 Trunk without othei" large spines, and only a few on the side of the 

 tail. Female : All the teeth are flat. Nearly all the upper parts of 

 the body covered with small asperities ; body above and below with 

 more or less numerous very large round osseous bucklers, each 

 with a spine in the centre ; tail armed with rows of similar spiny 

 bucklers, tho median row always being distinct. 

 Coasts of Europe. 



a. Adidt male : stuffed. Sweden. Presented by Hr. A. W. Malm. 



b. Young female. German Ocean. 



c~e. Young : skins. Holland. From Gronow's Collection. 



f-g. Adult males : skins. Firth of Forth. Purchased of Mr. Par- 



nell. — Trunk without bucklers. 

 Ji-i. Adult males : stuffed. Firth of Forth. Purchased ol Mr. Par- 



nell. — A single buckler on each side of the shoulder. 

 k. Half-grown female : stuffed. Firth of Forth. Pui-chased of Mr. 



Parnell. — Snout and tail with bucklers ; none on the trunk. 

 /. Adult female : stuffed. English coast.- — Trunk and tail with 



numerous osseous bucklers. 

 ?/!. Half-grown female : stuffed. ETi^lish coast. — Trunk with a 



few, tail with numerous bucklers. 

 n-q. Young : stuffed. English coast. 



r. Adult male : skin. South Devon. From Mr. Yarrcll's Collection. 

 s-w. Adult, half-grown, and young females : skins. South Devon. 

 X. Half-grown male : stuffed. Plymouth. Presented by Lieut. H. 



F. Spence, E.N. — Anterior part of the pectoral tin abnormally 



not attached to the head. 

 y-a. Young : stuffed. Plymouth. Presented by Lieut. H. F. 



Spence, R.N. 

 (3-y. Half-grown and young : skins. Plymouth. Purchased of 



Mr. Yarrell. 

 B. Young. Devonshire. Presented by G. Montagu, Esq. 

 c. Half-grown female : stuffed. Adriatic. Purchased of Dr. 



Heckel. — Osseous bucklers few in number, but very large, 



larger than the eye. 

 ^-/j, 0-K-. Adult and half-groAvn females. Golden Horn. From 



Mr. Milliugen's Collection. 

 X-fj. Adult and young females : stuffed. Madeira. Presented by 



the Rev. R. T. Lowe.— Only one small osseous buckler on each 



side of the shoulder ; so that this female does not differ from 



males of more northern seas. 

 » . Young. Mauritius (??). 

 t,. Adult male : .•- .uffed. 

 IJ-7T. Adult: skeletons. From the Collection of Dr. van Lidth do 



Jeude. 

 p. Jaws of several examples. 



