SMALL-EYED RAY. 433 



CHONDROPTERYG11. RAIIDM. 



THE SMALL-EYED RAY, 



OR PAINTED RAY. 



Raia microcellata , Small-eyed Ray, MONTAGU, Wern. Mem. vol.ii. p. 430. 



FLEM. Brit. An. p. 171, sp. 23. 



,, ,, ,, ,, JENYNS, Man. Brit. Vert. p. 515, sp. 204. 



,, ,, Painted Ray, COUCH'S MS. 



COLONEL MONTAGU and Mr. Couch appear to be the 

 only British naturalists who have obtained this species ; and 

 it must be considered a rare one, since the first of these 

 gentlemen saw but two examples, and the latter has only 

 seen one. The very small size of the eye is stated by both 

 to be a remarkable and striking distinction. 



The length of the specimen obtained by Mr. Couch was 

 thirty-three inches and a half, of which the tail measured 



