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"endeavour" scientific results. 



Professor T. Jefferey Parker examined an example of 

 Scymnorhinus from New Zealand waters in 1882 which he 

 identified as 8. Helm. In using that name for the specimens 

 described above, I do so only because the descriptions of the 

 Mediterranean species are so incomplete, that, in the absence of 

 typical specimens to compare with, it is impossible to determine 

 whether they are specifically identical or distinct. The Aus- 

 tralian Museum collection includes a skull of ,S'. licha from the 

 Mediterranean, of which the teeth are similar to those of the 

 Australian specimens. 



Though not particularly spiny, the scales of this shark are 

 extremely rough to the touch, and ones skin becomes unpleasantly 

 scraped when specimens are much handled. 



Loc*.— Great Australian Bight, Long. 127-128° E., 160-200 

 fathoms; May & June, 1913. 



Great Australian Bight, Long. 128-129° E., 200-300 fathoms. 



Family SQUATLNIDJS. 



Genus SyUATiNA, Dumeril, 



SQUAT1NA TERGOCEfiLATA, >'y>. HOC. 



(Plate xv.; Fig. 2.) 



Head, from snout to level of posterior angles of gill-openings, 

 4.32 in the total length to the middle of the caudal fin ; its 

 length is 1.12 in its width, which is 3.85 in the total. Eye 3 

 in the interocular space, which is 2.69 in the length of the head. 

 Width of mouth, including the tips of the maxillaries 1.49, 

 height of first dorsal 2.77 in the head. Length of pectoral from 

 anterior to posterior angle 2.59, length of tail to middle of caudal 

 fin 2.51 in the total length ; width of tail at its base 3.63 in its 

 length. 



The skinny fold on each side of the head forms a very short, 

 indistinct lobe anteriorly, which terminates in front of the angle 

 of the mouth ; remaining portion of nearly equal width through- 

 out. Inner nasal lobes very large and divided into two portions : 



Pig. 2 — Front view of head of Squatina tergocellata. 



the innermost part forms a ramose Hap on a short stalk, and the 

 other portion is broader with a vamose border. Outer nasal 



