LEPIDOSIRENID.E. SQUALIDJ5. 481 



Class PISCES*. 



Family LEPIDOSIRENID.E. 



Genus PROTOPTERUS. 



1. Protopterus annectens (Owen). African Lepidosiren. 

 Hab. Rivers of Africa. 



a, b. Purchased, May 24, 1865. 



c. Purchased, May 27, 1865. 



d. Purchased, Oct. 4, 1865. 

 e-h. Purchased, Sept. 6, 1872. 



Family SQUALID^). 



Genus SCYLLIUM. 



2. Scyllium canicula (Linn.). Small Spotted Dogfish, 

 Hab. British Seas. 



a. Purchased, Sept. 25, 1863. 



b. Purchased, July 18, 1872. 

 c-f. Purchased, July 28, 1873. 



3. Scyllium stellar e (Linn.) . Large Spotted Dogfish. 

 Hab. British Seas. 



a, b. Purchased, July 28, 1873. 



Genus ACANTHIAS. 



4. Acanthias vulgaris, Risso. Picked Dogfish. 

 Hab. British Seas. 



a-c. Purchased, July 18, 1872. 



di. Received in exchange, Jan. 7, 1873. 



* [In this class it is not generally possible to keep a record of in- 

 dividual specimens ; but the names of all the determinable species 

 exhibited in the Gardens since Jan. 1st, 1862, are given in their 

 natural order. P. L. S.] 



