KISIIKS — WAI'I'I':. 



43 



example of Ilcrjix (tjlinis was i-ciiiov((l tVdiii (lie i,miII( I of tlio 

 specimen referi-cd io. 



The Numbfish was (akcn (iiil\' in (wo situations, namely, ofF 

 Newcastle (Stations 21, :^4 and iT)) and in Shoalliaven Bight 

 (Stations 52 and 55), the depths ranging from 11 to 48 fathoms. 



Famihj DASYATID^.. 



Ill my note on Li'pidotrigla I refer to the impossibility of 

 personally examining every individual of the genus obtained, and 

 the same remark is applicable equally to the members of the 

 family Daayatidai. 



There is no difficulty as to the genus Da.nyatAs, the few specimens 

 received are correctly chronicled ; the difficulty is mainly with 

 the two species TJrolophus cruciatits and Tryyonoptera testacea. 

 Although these are referred to different genera, the only obser- 

 vation one could make "in the field " was as to the absence or 

 presence of a dorsal fin, and that a very small one. Although no 

 fin is present in Urolophus a small scar is observable in U. 

 ci'ihciatus in advance of the spine just where the fin would be 

 situated if present. In young examples, at least in the fcetal 

 stage, a small fin is distinctly present ; it is therefore questionable 

 if the genera are worthy of separate recognition. 



Urolophus cri(jciatus is found in the deeper water all along the 

 whole coast line, while Trygonoptera testace.a is more common in 

 the estuaries. 



The following is a complete list of the Stations at which the two 

 species were taken : individual localities are recorded under the 

 respective species : — 



Stations 1, 4, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 17, 20, 21, 24, 25, 26, 27, 

 28, 32, 33, 34, 35, 37, 38, 39, 42, 43, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 54, 55, 

 57, 58, 59. 



UROLOPHUS, Mailer & Henle. 



UROLOPHUS CRUCIATUS, Lacepede. 



Banded Stingaree. 



Raja cruciatus, Lacep, Ann. Mus., iv., 1804, pp. 201, 210, pi. Iv., 



fig. 2. 

 Urolophus cruciatus, Rich., Zool. Ereb. & Terr., Ichth., 1844, p. 35,. 



pi. xxiv. 



Stations 4, 7, 8, 10, 11, 12, 13, 17, 20, 21, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 34, 35, 

 37, 38, 39, 42, 43, 47, 48, 49, 57, 58 59. 



This was one of the most unwelcome species met with, in con-- 

 sequence of its ubiquity and profusion. Although of small size 



