SQUALUS, STE11KOPTRIX. 



146. SQUALUS. Spec. 34. 



a 9 (hammer shark/; head broad, resembling 

 a hammer. 6 feet long. Rapacious. 



snipes, (fox shark,) upper lobe of the tail as long 

 as the body. 7 feet long* Exceedingly vora- 

 cious. 



glaucus, (blue shark,) sides of the tail smooth : 

 lower part of the back with a triangular dent. 

 3 to 14 feet long. 



earchariat) (white shark,) teeth triangular, serrate. 

 Grows to 30 feet long. Most dreadful of all 

 sea animals. 

 See MS. P. 



6 2 to 5. SQUILLA. Spec 6. 



mantis, (false craw-fish,) hands with a single fang^ 

 compressed, falcate, serrate ; body subangular : 

 tail serrate with spines. Eatable. 

 See MS. P. 



8 5. STAPHYLIKUS. Spec. 156. 



murinus, (rove beetle,) pubescent, cinereous, cloud- 

 ed with black ; abdomen deep black j legs 

 black ; shells blue. 

 See MS. P. 



2 6. STERNA. Spec. 25* 

 hirundo, (swallow tern,) two outer tail-feathers 

 half black, half white. Sometimes outer tail- 

 feathers white. A foot long. 

 See MS. P. 



4 1. STERNOPTRIX. Spec. 1. 

 (amber fish,) compressed; truncate be- 



