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In 1911, Coles took only 5 of these interesting rays. One he 

 gave to the writer, three were presented to the U. S. ISTational 

 Museum, and one sent to the Museum d'Histoire Naturelle at 

 Paris. These rays were caught on precisely the same days as 

 those in 1909 and 1910, viz., from June 29 to July 4, after 

 which none were taken in any of these three years either by Mr. 

 Coles or by the fishermen. 



The specimen presented to the writer was 7^ inches wide, 

 7 inches long, 914 to end of ventrals, and 13% over all. The 

 width between its eyes was 1% inches and the width of its 

 mouth % inch. The electric organs were each 3% inches long 

 by 2% wide. The reproductive organs were immature or at 

 any rate non-functional. The stomach and intestine were filled 

 with connnon red annelid worms. The other structures were 

 as in those previously described. 



This is the first time that this interesting fish has been taken 

 in the waters of ISTorth Carolina. Jordan and Evermann 

 (1896) say of it (vol. I, p. 78) : ''West Indies and Brazil, oc- 

 casionally northward to Key West and Pensacola." 



Urolophus jamaicensis (Cuvier). 



In addition to Narcine hj^asiliensiSj Coles has added two other 

 new rays to our IN^orth Carolina fauna. The first of these is 

 Urolophus jamaicensis, a West Indian form of which Jordan 

 and Evermann (1896) say . . . "once (perhaps erron- 

 eously) recorded from 'New Jersey." Coles' specimen, measur- 

 ing about 3 1/2 inches across the disk, was taken at Cape Look- 

 out the last week in June, 1911. It was presented to the Amer- 

 ican Museum of ISTatural History. 



Dasyatis hastata (De Kay). 



Sting Ray. 



The other new ray referred to is Dasyatis hastata, a female 

 specimen of which weighing 64 pounds Coles took at the Caj)e 

 in July, 1910. While being killed, she gave birth to five young 

 about 6 inches wide and 15 long (including tail). In the ova- 

 ries were found a number of small eggs. With this discovery 



