11. n\JA. 403 



examples without this ocellatod spot, or with a few scattered small 

 round white spots. 



Adult male with the additional patches of spines usual in this 

 genus. 



Coasts of Europe. 



a. Adult female, 4 feet long : stuffed. Ireland. Presented by tho 



Earl of Enniskillcn. 

 h. Half-grown female : skin. South Devon. 

 c~(I. Half-gro\\'n females : skins. Plymoiith. Presented by Lieut. 



H. F. Spence, 11. N. 

 e. Adult male : stuffed. Plymouth. Presented by Lieut. H. F. 



Spence, R.N. 

 /. Half-grown female : skin. Madeira. Presented by the Ixev. 1(. 



T. Lowe. 

 c/-i. Adult male, and half-grown females : skins. From Mr. Yar- 



rcll's Collection. 

 /.■. Half-grown female : skeleton. Polperro. 

 l-o. Jaws of adult examples. 



14. Raja lemprieri. 

 liichanh. Vuy. Ereb. 8f Terr. Fish. p. 34, pi. 23. 



The angle at which the margins of the snout would meet is "obtuse ; 

 but the extremity is slightly projecting and somewhat pointed. The 

 width of the interorbital space equals the diameter of the ej'e. Teeth 

 with a point. Outer pectoral angle obtusely rounded. The width 

 of the disk equals the distance of the snout from the posterior end 

 of the root of the ventrals. A series of spines along the superciliary 

 edge ; seven or eight occupy the mesial line between the head and 

 humeral cartilage ; and a row, beginning at the pelvis, runs down 

 the middle of the tail, having an alternate direction to right and 

 left. There are also some scattered larger spines on the sides of the 

 tail among the smaller ones, but no continuous lateral rows. Tip of 

 the snout black, (liichards.) 



Van Diemen's Land. 



/3. Long-snouted species. 



15. Raja batis. 



The Common Skate. 



Raja, sp. no. 9, Artedi, Gen. p. 73, and Si/non. p. 102. 



Raja batis, L. Syst. Nat. i. p. 395; Bl. taf. 79; m. Schn. p. 309; 



liisso, Ichth. Nice, p. 3; HuUherg, Giit. Vet. N. Ilandl. 4822, p. 21 ; 



Fahcr, Fisch. Isl. p. 33; Turt. Brit. Faun. p. 110; Fkmi. Brit. 



An. p. 171 ; Jmyns, Man. p. 610 ; Nilss. Skand. Faioi. Fisk. 



p. 738 ; Fries, Vet. Ak. Ilandl. 1838, p. 158, pi. 3. fig. G ; Midi. ^'• 



Henle, p. 140 ; Yarrell, Brit. Fish. 2nd & 3rd ed. ii. p. 501 ; Kroxfer, 



Danm. Fisk. iii. p. 978 ; Malm, (Efrers. Vet. Ak. Forh. 1857, 



p. 193. 

 Skate, Benji. Brit. Zoul. iii. p. 72, pi. 9, and, ed. 1812, iii. p. IM, 



pi. 11. 

 Difhaniel, Pesrhef, iii. soot. ix. p. 284. pi. 11. figs. 1-4. 



