LEPIDOSIRENID.E. SQUALIDJE. 539 



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,. My ; 18, 187. . . . .- 

 c-f. "purchased, July 28, 1873. 



3. Scyllium stellare (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, Ju%18, 18^2: 



d-i. Received in exchange, Jan. 7, -1873. 



* [In this class it is notgenerally possible to keep a record of 

 individual 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.] 



