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THE PLAGIOSTOMIA. 



Narcine timlei. 

 Plate 61, fig. 6. 



Raja timlei Schneider, 1801, Bloch Ichth., p. 359. 



Raia occllata no. 2 Russell, 1803, Coromandel fishes, 1, p. 2, pi. 2. 



Raia bicolor Shaw, 1804, Zool., 5, pt. 2, p. 316. 



Torpedo timlei Olfers, 1831, Torpedo, p. 22. 



Narcine timlei Henle, 1834, Ueber Narcine, p. 34, pi. 2, f. 1; Muller & Henle, 1841, Plagios., p. 130; 



Richardson, 1846, Rept. Brit, assoc. adv. sci. for 1845, p. 196; Gray, 1851, Chondropterygii, p. 



102; DuMERiL, 1852, Torpedo, p. 33; 1865, Elasm., p. 518; Bleeker, 1853, Nat. tijds. Ned. Ind., 



4, p. 512; Kner, 1867, Nov. fische, p. 417; Day, 1878, Ind. fishes, p. 733 (part); Jord. & Seale, 



1905, Proc. Davenport acad., 10, p. 2, pi. 1. 

 Narcine macrura Dumeril, 1852, Torpedo, p. 37. 

 Cyclonarce timlei Gill, 1861, Ann. N. Y. lye., 7, p. 387. 



Disk subcircular, little less than half the total length, httle wider than long. 

 Anterior narial valves short, confluent in a broad flap reaching the mouth, 

 with two shght notches and three low prominences on the hind border; posterior 

 valves feeble, extending to the outer side of the nostril, continued in a slight 

 fold toward the angle of the mouth. Mouth small protractile; bands of teeth 

 narrow, rounded on outer margins of lr rows on an eleven inch specimen, each 

 tooth with an acuminate point on the inner edge of the crown. Eyes small; 

 spiracles much larger, close behind the orbit, without papillae on the edges. 

 Dorsals subequal, upper angles pointed; origin of first dorsal a short distance 

 behind the ends of the bases of the ventrals. Ventrals rather narrow, nearly 

 straight or slightly concave on the hind margin, outer angles distinct. Caudal 

 depth about two thirds of its length, lower margin broadly rounded, hind margin 

 oblique, somewhat convex. 



Specimen described reddish brown, or brownish red, with numerous darker 

 spots on the back; whitish below. 



China. Also reported from the East Indies and Japan. 



Narcine brunnea. 



Narcine timlei Day, 1878, Ind. fishes, pi. 192, f. 3; 1889, Fauna Brit. India, 1, p. 45, f. 18. 

 Narcine brunnea Annandale, 1909, Mem. Ind. mus., 2, p. 45, pi. 3A, f. 2. 



This species is known from the original description and from the figure by 

 Day. Annandale says it is closely allied to N. timlei but is distinguished by 

 uniform coloration, by size, by forms of teeth, and by the ridges in the mouth. 

 Specimens of 8.66 inches in length (22 cm.) are said to be large. Adult specimens 

 of N. timlei are given 13.38 inches (34 cm.) in total length. Day's figure gives 



