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One specimen, type no. 51712, U. S. Natiunal Museum, from Apia, Samoa. Length with tail 47 

 inches. The color in life was i)lain lirown, n.it vrry dark, white below, with no reddish shades and 

 nn ocelli. The species is allied to Hhiiiinlnn, namal, but the latter species has the disk considerably 

 narrower. 



42 Himantura uarnak ( Forskal ). New Ireland; Fast Indies. 



43. Himantura granulata ( Macleay ) . New Guinea. 



Tri,,,,m ,,„i,i„lut„s ■Slaclmy, I'roc. Liim. S"C. N. S. W. lss:i. .i9S, S. E. New Guinea. 

 HYPOLOPHUS Dunieril. 



44. Hypolophus sephen (Fnrskall. Ni-w liritain: Fast Indies. 



F:iiiiily AETOB.^TIIU:. 

 AETOBATUS Blainville. ( Miiliuhnlix Midler &. Henle. ) 



45. Aetobatus punctatus Olacleay c>i Macleay). Admiralty Is. 



.\[,lli,,l,,il,!< iiH„,l„l,i.^ .Miic'li-iiy ,'.• M.-ic'li'.iy. I'r..,-. l.iiiii, ,s,„-. N. S. \V. ISSi;. CT.i. pi. 4l'., %. 1, Admiralty Is. 



STOASODON Cantor. {A,'loh.ith Miiller & Henle, not of Blainville.) 



46. Stoasodon narinari ( iMiphrasen I. Hawaii; l.aysan; Fast Indies; West Indies. 



Family MOBL'LII).^:. 

 MOBULA Rafinesque. 



47. Mobula japonica Miillcr I'i Henle. Hawaii; Japan. 



48. Mobula draco (Giinther). Misol. 



liir.rohaliK ilmrn Gfintlier, Voy. Ciiraca.i. 412, 1S73. 



Family CHIM.-ERID.4-. 

 CHIMa:RA LinnffiQS. 



49. Chimsera purpuresceus Gilbert. Deep seas of Hawaii; Japan. 



Family ELOPn).€. 

 ELCPS Linn8eu3. 



50. Elops saurus Linujeus. Hawaii: Sanupa; Xcw (Juinea; warm seas. 



MEGALOPS Lacepede. 



51. Megalops cyprinoides (Broussonet). Tahiti; Guam; Tubuai; .Samoa; Papua; Fiji; New 



Hebrides (Seale); East Indies. 

 Megalops macioptcrus Bleeker, Ned. Tydsclir. Dierk. ISOU, 2X4, East Indies. 

 This widely diffr.sed sj)ecies is common at Samoa, inhabiting the river mouths and brackish pools 

 in the shores. Most of our many specimens from Apia were taken in a pool in the village just east of 

 the mouth of Vaisigano River, this i>ool being alternately tilled by rain and by the surf in storms. 

 None of these .specimens is more than a foot long. Theycorrcsiiond perfectly to the Megalops macrop- 

 lerus of Bleeker, which is plainly the original Cliijini <iiiii-iii',nl, s of Broussonet. We much doubt 

 the validity of any of the species detached from Meyala/is rui,riii<ii:l,'s by Bleeker. In any case, the true 

 ciijiniioifh''<, from Tahiti, is Bleeker's innrm/'/cnis. 



Family CHIROCFXTKHhi. 

 CHIEOCENTRTJS Cuvier. 



52. Chirocentrusdorab (Forskal). Ncw<;uinca; New Britain; Fast Indies. 



B. B. F. 190.T— 1.3 



