40s HAJID.IJ. 



to the distance from tlie end of the snout to the hind margin of tlio 

 ventral tin. Coloration uniform. 



Coasts of Europe. 

 a-b. Adult males : Btuffcd. Firth of Forth. 



c. Adult female : skin. Purchased of Mr. Yarrell, 



d. Half-grown female : stuffed. Madeira. Presented by the Rev. 



11. T. Lowe. 



e. Jaws of adult examples. 



22. Raja macrorhynchus 



nraja macrorl 

 Kaj 



Lajviraja macrorhjTichus, (liajin.) Jionap. Fmm. Hal. Pence. 

 laja mucosisaima, Kardu, Isis, 18-7, pp. 47(5, 482. 



maci'orliyncha, Dumeril, Elasinohr. p. 50G. 



Snout hmj and pointed, the tvidth of the interorhitaJ space being one- 

 fourth of the distance of the eye from the end of the snout. The anterior 

 profile (from the snout to the angle of the pectoral fin) is deeply con- 

 cave. The outer pectoral angle is a right one. Body smooth in 

 young examples, but paitly covered with minute asperities in older. 

 Larger spines on the tail onJi/ luhere thej/ stand in one or three series. 

 Teeth in 50 series in the upper jaw, rather obtuse in the female, and 

 with a pointed keel in the male. Disk broader than long. Brown 

 above and below ; lower surface with numerous dark-coloured open- 

 ings of the mucous ducts. 



Mediterranean and neighbouring parts of the Atlantic. 



a. !Male, 30 inches long ; stuffed. Madeira. Presented by the Bev. 



B. T. Lowe. 



b. Young female : skin. From Yarrell's Collection. 



Iiaja guimardi, Valenc. in Gaimard, Voy. Isl. et Groenl. Poiss. 

 pis. 2 & S ; Dumeril, Elasmobr. p. 565, from the Arctic regions, is 

 probably identical with this species. 



23. Raja vomer. 



P Raja ncu3, Lac^p. v. p. 665. 



Raja vomer, Frien, Vet. Ahad ILmdl. 1838, p. 161 ; MiiU. S; Ilvnle, 



p. 144; Kroy. Damn. Fink. iii. p. 1011; Malm, GSfiers. Vet. Ak. 



ForhaniH. 18;'57, p. lOo ; Dum6ril, Flasniohr. p. CZl ; Yarrell, Brit. 



Fish. .'5rd edit. ii. p. o48. 

 mucronata, Couch, Cornish Faun. p. 25, and Fish. Brit. Isl. i. 



p. 93, pi. 10. 

 Chagreen Ray, Yarrell, Brit. Fish. 2nd edit. ii. p. 648. 



Snout very Jong and pointed, the xvidth of the interorbital space 

 being one-sixth of the distance of the eye from the end of the snout. 

 The anterior profile (from the .snout to the angle of the pectoral fin) 

 is dcejjly concave. Outer pectoral angle somewhat pointed. Bod)' 

 covered with minute asperities above and below, but without any 

 larger spines. Tail with a series of i^jjines along the lower edge, but 

 none in the median line. Teotli in 40 series in tlic upper jaw, each 

 with a prominent, poiiited keel. Tlie width of the disk is equal to 

 the distance from the end of the snout to the hind margin of the ven- 



