458 Mr. C. T. Regan on the 



shorter and blunter snout and wider mouth, as well as in 

 coloration. Dark transverse bars on the back correspond to 

 the interspaces between a series of dark bars or blotches on 

 the lower part of the side, and there are scattered small 

 round white spots on the body. 

 Uab. Japan. 



6. ScijUorhinus capensis. 



iSci/Umm capense, Mlill. &, Henle, Plagiost. p. 11 (1841) ; Dum^ril, 

 Elasmobr, p. 320 (1865) ; Giinth. Cat. Fish. viii. p. 404 (1870). 



Upper parts greyish or brownish, with darker cross-bands 

 and with numerous rounded whitish spots. 



Hab. South Africa. 



In the British Museum six specimens, 600 to 1000 mm. in 

 total length. 



7. Scylioi'hinus cam'cula. 



Squalus canicula, Linn. Syst. Nat. ed. 10, p. 234 (1758), and ed. 12, 



p. 399 (1766). 

 Squalus catubts, Linn. t. c. ed. 10, p. 235, and ed. 12, p. 400. 

 ScyJUum canicula, Cuv. Regne Aniiu. ii. ed. 1, p. 124 (1817) ; Miill. & 



Henle, Plagiost. p. 6, pi. vii. fig. (1841) ; Dumeril, Elasmobr. p. 315 



(1865) ; Giinth. Cat. Fish. viii. p. 402 (1870). 



Upper parts of the body covered with numerous small dark 

 spots. 



Hab. Europe, from Scandinavia to the Mediterranean. 



In the British Museum twenty-seven specimens, measuring 

 up to 700 mm. in total length. 



Section 2. Cephaloscyllitjm. 



8. Scyliorhinus laticeps. 



Scyllium laticeps, Dumeril, Rev. et Mag. Zool. 1863, p. 84, pi. iii. fig. 2, 

 and Elasmobr. p. 323 (1865) ; Gunth. Cat. Fish, viii, p. 404 (1870). 



Upper surface brownish, with numerous rounded blackish 

 spots ; a broad blackish transverse band covering the region 

 between the eyes and the last gill-openings ; a less distinct 

 dark band behind this ; a few dark blotches on the sides and 

 at the base of each dorsal fin ; lower surface yellow. 

 Bab, Southern Australia, Tasmania, and New Zealand, 

 In the British Museum three specimens, 300 to 850 mm. 

 in total length. 



9. 'Scyliorhinus ventriosus. 



Scyllium ventriosum, Garm. Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool. vi. 1880, p. 167. 

 Caf.ulus ufer, Jord. & Everm. Bull. U.S. Nat. Mus. xlrii. 1896, p. 26, 

 and 1900, fig. 12. 



