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which the meshes vary exceedingly in size and shape. Uniform Ught yellowish 

 below. The first mesh of the network crosses the nape and passes backward 

 to the first gill opening; the second crosses the ends of the bases and the third 

 goes above the tips of the pectorals; the fourth mesh is over *he origins of the 

 ventrals; the fifth at the origin and the sixth at the end of the base of the first 

 dorsal; the seventh and the eighth are similarly placed in regard to the second 

 dorsal; and the eighth is at the origin and the ninth in the middle of the caudal. 

 Specimen twelve inches in length, taken off the coast of Delaware, in a 

 depth of 89 fathoms, Lat. 38° 22' 05" N. ; Long. 73° 33' 40" W. 



Catulus boa. 



Scylliorhinus boa Goode & Bean, 1896, Mem. M. C. Z., 22, p. 17 (name only). 

 Scylliorhinus retifer Goode & Bean, 1896, ibid., pi. 2, f. 6. 

 Catulus retifer var. boa Ribeiro, 1904, Bol. Soc. nac. agric, p. 17. 

 Catulus haeckelii Ribeiro, 1907, Arch. Mus. nac, 14, p. 163, pi. 8. 

 Scyliorhinus retifer var. boa Regan, 1908, Ann. & mag. nat. hist., ser. 8, 1, p. 457. 



Rather closely allied to Catulus retifer in many respects. The specimen in 

 hand is the type; it was that examined by Goode and Bean who had it figured 

 (loc. cit.) as Scylliorhinus retifer. Their figure does not show all of the markings, 

 is not exact in the shape of the tail, and differs from the type in other respects. 

 The figure published by Ribeiro as Catulus haeckelii {loc. cit.) gives a much 

 better representation of C. boa. The transverse blotches of C. boa would be 

 somewhat nearly outlined in the network of C. retifer, but the latter is without 

 spots while the former has dark spots and blotches as shown in the figure of C. 

 haeckelii, and also has spots of white scattered over the back and the flanks 

 which may not appear in individuals of greater age. 



The markings can be depended on to distinguish C. boa from C. retifer. 



The type of the latter was taken off Barbados in water of 200 fathoms in 

 depth; it measures six inches in total length. The type described as C. haeckelii 

 is the more spotted and was 13 inches long; it was taken off Rio Janeiro in about 

 43 fathoms, giving the known range of C. boa from the West Indies to southern 

 Brazil. 



Catulus torazame. 



Catulus torazame Tanaka, 15 March, 1908, Journ. Coll. sci., Tokyo, 23, p. 6, pi. 2, f . 2. 



Scyliorhinus rudis Pietschmann, 19 March, 1908, Anz. Akad. wiss. Wien, 10, p. 2; 1908, Sitzb. Akad. 



wiss. Wien, 117, p. 699, pi. 1, f. 3; Regan, 1908, Ann. & mag. nat. hist., ser. 8, 1, p. 457. 

 Halaelurus rudis Tanaka, 1911, Fi.shes of Japan, 1, p. 13, f. 12. 

 Halaelurus torazame Tanaka, 1912, Fishes of Japan, 5, p. 87. 



Body cavity nearly half of the total length. Snout short, little longer 

 than the mouth, narrowed and rounded at the end. Nostrils nearer to the mouth 



