162 



edged teeth in (.'Hch jaw. Upper Itjbo of the tail nearly h.s 

 long as the hody. Length 12 to 15 feet. Slate-blue above: 

 beneath soiled white, marked with obsolete bluish spots uj)on 

 the outer edges of the abdomen. Pupils a longitudinal slit. 



The flexil)le tail is its principal arm i>f (hd'ence. it literally 

 threshes its enemy. 



A. vvXpc^y Guenther VIII, p. o9o. 



Squalu-y vxdjyes, Gm. L. 8yst. Nat. 1. p \\\)^\\ Mil<:li. in 

 Phil. & Lit. Trans. N. York, I, p. 482. 



Carcluirlas rulpcs, Cuv. Regne. Anim; DeKav, New York 

 Fuuua Fishes, p. 348, pi. 01, fig. VM). 



Alopias vuljjes, Storer, Mem. Am. Ac. 11, p. 5 05. 



Oommou in the ocean off Worcester cuunty, it fre<|uently 

 rakers hooks baited for other fish. 



LXIX— GALEORHINIDffi, 



EUl.AMIA. Mull. ^^: [leiilc. 



E« milberti, 



Bhe Shark. 



Body cylindrioalj deepest in front of the lirst dorsal fin. 

 Surface covered with minute, distant and oblong s'j.ale*;, 

 fluted longitudinally, so as to be sensibly rough. Eye-s 

 large; nose blunt, conical; teeth in several series, small, tri- 

 angular, serrate. Pectorals broad. Length two to six feet. 

 Slate-blue cu the upper part of head, body ami »<uperior fins; 

 the .same color, but lighter, extends over th(i uj)}»er ]>art of 

 |)Cctoral and ventral fins. All beneath whitish. 



SffU'Cily'-'i cccndcv^s, Mitch. Trans, [jit. ^1- IMiil. Soe. New 

 York, I, p. 4S1. 



Vardi-arias ccerulcm, DeKav, New York Faunji, {''ishes, p. 

 :M9, pi. 61, fig. 200; Guenther, YllL )>. :ir):!. 



Lamna Cauda ta, DeKav, 1. c. p. 35 i, ])l. 02, Hg. 205. 



OorcJuiria-H , (Pnonodon), mUbcrtl, M. A- 11. j). 38, {>1. ID, 

 Hg. 3, (t^eth). 



EuJamia milherlL (Jill, Proc. Ac. Nat. N-. i»hilad. 18!;4, 

 p. 2G2. 



Quite common on the oast of Worcester county, atid in 

 the drains emptying into tlie (K>ean. 



A CAT). Coll. 



