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Betaraia Leigh-Sharpe, loc. cit., 568 {Raja clavata Linnseus, a synonym 



of Heiroptera Fleming). 

 Gammaraia Leigh-Sharpe, loc. cit., 568 (Raja batis Linnseus, a synonym 



of Raja Linnaeus). 

 Deltaraia Leigh-Sharpe, loc. cit., 568 (Raja radiata Linnseus, a synonym 



of Amblyraja Malm). 



107. Raja laevis Mitchill. Barndoor skate; Winter skate; Peck-nosed skate. 



Massachusetts to Florida, common northward. 



Raja Isvis Mitchill, Amer. Month. Mag., II, 1817, 327, New York; 



name perhaps preoccupied by eligible authors (Gronow, 1763; 



Valmont, 1765; Duhamel, 1782). 

 Raja stabuliforis Garman, Plagiostomia, Mem. Mus. Comp. Zool., 



XXXVI, 1913, 341, PI. XXII, fig. 2, PI. XLIV, figs. 4-6, New 



England coast (substitute for laevis, regarded as preoccupied, a matter 



to be questioned). 



108. Raja radiata Donovan. 



Xorthern Iceland, southward on both coasts. 



Rata radiata Donovan, Hist. Brit. Fish., V, 1820, pi. 114, Great Britain. 



109. Raja scabrata Garman. 



Rata scabrata Garman, Plagiostomia, Mem. Mus. Comp. Zool., XXXVI, 

 1913, 340, pi. 21, pi. 44, figs. 1-3, Massachusetts Bay. Long con- 

 fused with Raja radiata. 



110. Raja granulata Gill. 



Banks of Newfoundland. 



Raia granulata Gill, in Goode and Bean, Bull. Essex Inst., XI, 1879, 28, 

 La Have Bank. 



111. Raja fyllae Liitken. 



Davis Straits, Greenland. 



Raja fyllse Liitken, Vid. Medd. Naturh. Foren. Kj0benhavn, 1887, 1, 

 pi. 1, Davis Straits. 



112. Raja eglanteria Bosc. Skate; Brier ray; Possu7n ray; Sea possum; Bob- 



tailed skate; Clear-nosed skate; Su7nvier skate. 

 Cape Cod, southward to Florida; rather common. 

 Raia eglanteria Bosc, in Lacep^de, Hist. Nat. Poiss., II, 1800, 104, 



Charleston, S. C. 

 Raia dcsmareslia LeSueur, Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., IV, 1824, 100, 



Florida. 

 Raia chantenay LeSueur, loc. cit., 106, America. 

 Raia americana DeKay, N. Y. Fauna: Fishes, 1842, 368, pi. 66, fig. 



215, Staten Island. 



113. Raja erinacea Mitchill. Hedgehog ray; Common skate; Little skate; Tobac- 



cobox; Prickly skate; Sutn?ner skate. 

 Nova Scotia to the Carolinas; very abundant from Virginia to Maine. 

 Raia erinacea Mitchill, Amer. Jour. Sci. Arts, IX, 1825, 290, pi. 6, 



New York. 



114. Raja diaphanes Mitchill. Clear ray. 



Ea.st Coast of United States. 



Raia ocellata Mitchill, Trans. Lit. Phil. Soc. N. Y., 1, 1803, 877, New 



York; not of Russell. 

 Raia diaphanes Mitchill, loc. cit., 478, New York. 



115. Raja senta Garman. 



Banks of Newfoimdiand to Cape Cod; in deep water. 

 Raja senta Garman, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., VIII, 1885, 43, Cape Cod 

 Bay; La Have Bank. 



116. Raja microtrachys Csburn and Nichols. 



Off west coast of Lower California. 



Raja microtrachys Osburn and Nichols, Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., 

 XXXV, 1917, 142, fig. 1, off Guadalupe Island in deep water. 



117. Raja ackleyi Garman. 



Yucatan Banks. 



Raja ackleyi Garman, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., VIII, 1881, 234, Yucatan 

 Banks. 



