Class IV. 



STING RAY. 



J 25 



are blunt. Its general form is rhomboidal; 

 the specimen observed in Scotland was about 

 twelve inches broad, and the same in length, 

 exclusive of the tail. Ed. 



Tf vyuv. Arist. Hist. an. lib. 



viii. c. 13. ix. 37- Oppian. 



Halieut. i. 104. ii. 462. 

 Pastinaca. Plinii lib. ix. c. 42. 



38. 

 La Pastenade de mer, Tourte- 



relle, ou Tareronde. Belon 



83. 

 Pastinaca. Rondel. 331. Gcs- 

 . ner pise. 6jQ. 

 Steckroche. Grone Tepel. 



Schonevclde, 58. 

 Pastinaca marina laevis. Wil. 



pise. 67. 



FireFlaire. Raii Syn. pise. 24. 9- Sting. 

 Raia Pastinaca. Lin. Syst. 



396. Gm. Lin. 150g. 

 Raia corpore glabro, aculeo 



longo anterius serrato, cauda 



apterygia. Arted. Synon. 



100. Gronov. Zooph. N(V 



158. 

 La Pastinaque. Block ichth. 



iii. 57. tab. 82. 

 La Raie Pasttnaqne. De la 



Cepede Hist, des Poissons. 



i. 114. 



XHE weapon with which nature has armed 

 this fish, hath supplied the antients with many 

 tremendous fables relating to it. Pliny, JEli- 

 an* and Oppian, have given it a venom that 

 affects even the inanimate creation: trees that 

 are struck by it instantly lose their verdure and 

 perish, and rocks themselves are incapable of 

 resisting the potent poison. The enchantress 



* Hist. an. lib. ii. c. 36. 



