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ON THE ICHTHYOLOGY OF THE SEAS OF CHINA AND JAPAN. 197 
Fam. Raupz. 
Rata KENoseEI, “Birger,” M. und H. p. 149. tafel; Icon. Reeves, 198 ; 
Hardw. Cart.77. Chinese name, Ping sha poo (Birch), “ Butterfly Poo 
ray” (Reeves). 
Miiller and Henle describe the colours of the dried fish as uniform. In Mr. Reeves’s draw- 
ing the ground colour is clove-brown, shaded obscurely with liver-brown, and with a reddish-~ 
brown tint before the eye. There are also many paler wood-brown spots, which are sprinkled 
with dark dots. Exterior to the eyes on each side, six of the smaller pale spots are arranged 
so as to form a ring round a central one: similarly arranged spots occur near the margin of the 
widest part of the disc on each side, and also more posteriorly, while nearer the mesial line on 
each side there is an uninterrupted pale ring with a central spot, and a like ring exists on the 
posterior lobe of the disc. The edges of the under surface, which are partially shown in the 
drawing, are purplish-red. The spines correspond better with the letter-press description than 
with the figure given in the ‘Plagiostomen’ of Miiller and Henle. Length of figure 14 inches, 
width 84. 
Hab. Seas of China and Japan. Canton. 
Fam. TRYGONIDE. 
TRYGON UARNACK, Riippell, Atl. p. 51; Chondr. taf. 19. f. 2 (Pastinachus). 
M. und H. p.158. Zr. omescherit, Forsk.9; Riipp. Atl. p.51. Tryg. 
russellii, Gray, Ill. Ind. Zool. 100; Icon. 89. Hardw. ined. (a drawing of 
Tr. russellii) ; Icon. Reeves, a. 37 ; Hardw. Cart.91 (Femina). Chinese 
name, Hwa kin, “ Variegated ray” (Reeves) ; Icon. Reeves, 279? Hardw. 
Cart. 90 (Mas)? 
A specimen in spirits and a dried skin from the Indian seas were bequeathed by General 
Hardwicke to the British Museum. 
Hab. Sea of China. Indian ocean. Red sea and Cape of Good Hope. 
TryGon AKAJEI, “ Birger,” M. und H. p. 165. tafel. 
Hab. South-west coast of Japan. 
Trycon zucel, “ Birger,” M. und H. p. 165. tafel. 
Hab. Sea of Japan and China. Macao (Belanger). Indian ocean. 
‘TryGON BENNETTI, M. und H. p. 160. tafel; Icon. Reeves, a.45; Hardw. 
87 & 88, which is a duplicate. Chinese name, Hwang poo, “ Yellow 
ray ” (Reeves, Birch). 
A Chinese specimen exists in the British Museum. 
Hab. China sea. Caribbean sea! (M. und H.) 
TRYGON CARNEA, Icon. Reeves, 226; Hardw. Cart.86. Chinese name, Pzh 
yith poo, “ White jade-ray” (Birch) ; “ White-fleshed ray” (Reeves). 
This ray has much resemblance in form to the Tr. walga, as figured by Miller and Henle, 
and still more to the Tenkee shindraki of Russell (pl. 5), or to Tr. bennettii, M. und H.; but it 
has aconsiderably longer tail than either, and slight indications of both an upper and an under 
short hem-like seam on the tail. The fori of the disc is obovate, with a sharp point to the snout, 
but no incurvature of the fore-edge, nor any decided convexity. Its breadth at the hinder 
edge of the spout-holes is equal to its length, excluding the ventrals, and the tail measures 
fully twice as much. The eyes are distant from the point of the snout one-quarter of the 
length of the disc, and less than that from each other. Two small spines (or perhaps pores) 
are situated side by side between the posterior edges of the spout-holes on the middle line. 
Colour, pale flesh-red, almost white in parts; the tail darker towards the point. It is pos- 
sible that this may be merely a variety of Tr. bennettii. Mr. Reeves thinks that it is the 
young of some species. Length or breadth of disc, 23 inches, 
Hab. China sea. Macao. 
PreRoPLATEA MicRURA, Bl. Schn. (Zrygon), p.300; M. und H. p. 169. 
Tenkee kunsul, Russ. 6. Raia pecilura, Shaw, 291. Trygon pecilura, 
