198 report— 1845. 



Bennett, Life of Raffles, p. 694 ; Icon. Reeves, 209 ; Hardw. Cart. 80 

 (Fcem.) ; and Reeves, a. 48 ; Hardw. Cart. 78, 81 dupl. (Mas). Chinese 

 name, Peih yu, " Shoulder-fish " (Reeves) ; this var. has three spots on 

 each pectoral fin. Icon. Reeves, 235 ; Hardw. Cart. 82 ; Chinese name, 

 Fepeihpoo, " Flying shoulder ray ;" this is a monstrosity with pectorals 

 divided, so that it appears to have four fins. 

 Hab. China and Javan seas. The Indian ocea« and Red sea. 



Fam. Myliobatidje. 



Myliobates nieuhofii, Bl. Schn. p. 364 (Raid). M. und H. p. 177. Moo- 

 karra-tenkee, Russ. 7. Fasciatcd ray, Shaw, Zool. 286. Myliobates aquila, 

 Bonap. F. It. Raia macrocephala, Icon. Parkins, in Bib. Banks. 48 ; Icon. 

 Reeves, a. 38 ; Hardw. Cart. 97. Chinese name, Chang ying, " Spread kite " 

 (Birch) ; " Broad eagle " (Reeves) ; Cheung ung (Bridgem. Chrest. 157). 

 Hab. Chinese and Australian seas (Reeves, Solander). Indian ocean. Mediterranean 



(M. und H.). 



Myliobates maculatus, Gray, Hardw. 111. Ind. Zool. pi. 101 ; M. undH. 

 p. 178 ; Icon. Reeves, 212; Hardw. Cart. 99 & 100 (duplicate). Chinese 

 name, Hwa teen chang ying, "Long ray" (Birch); Fa teem chang ying, 

 " Flowered-spotted long ray " (Reeves) ; Ta tim cheung ang (Bridgem. 

 Chrest. p. 158). 

 Hab. China sea. Indian ocean. 



Myliobates vultur, M. und H. p. 179. 



The British Museum contains an example of this species from China. 

 Hab. Chinese seas. 



? Myliobates oculeus, Icon. Reeves, 281 ; Hardw. Cart. 98 ; Fin My- 

 liobatis (oder Aetobatis) der vielleicht nur eine Varietat des M. maculatus 

 ist. M. und H. p. 129 (in notd). 



In this drawing the disc of the fish is thickly covered with eyed spots, which are inclosed 

 in hlackish-green reticulations. Each spot has a pale silvery central disc, surrounded by a 

 blackish ring, which is shaded off, and is itself enchased in a broader pale wood-brown border. 

 The disc is rounded on each side in front, and falcate behind, with a small acute point form- 

 ing its interior tip. The figure is about 22 inches long, of which 16 inches is tail. The width 

 of the disc from tip to tip is 8f inches. I have met with no specimen of this fish. 



Hab. Sea of China. Canton. 



? Aetobates flagellum, Bl. Schn. 361. tab. 73 ? ; M. und H. 180; Icon. 

 Reeves, 273 ; Hardw. 101. Chinese name, Hih jow chang ying, "Black- 

 fleshed spread kite " (Birch) ; Hah yoh chang ying, " Black-bodied long 

 Eagle" (Reeves). 



Hab. China seas. " Indian ocean. Red sea." 



Obs. Icon. Reeves, 236 ; Hardw. 102. Chinese name, Hung tsuy ying, 

 " Red-lipped kite " (Birch) \ Hung tsuy ying, " Thick-nosed ray" (Reeves). 

 This is, perhaps, a violet-coloured variety of Aetobatesl flagellum. 

 Hab. Macao, in July. 



Ordo Sturiones. 

 Fam. Sturionid^e. 

 Acipenser chinensis, Gray, Hardw. 111. pi. 98. f.5. 



Hab. China. Spec. Br. Mus. 



It is probable that some species of Chimo&ra or Callurrhynchus exists in the seas of China 

 and Japan. We have seen a small figure of the latter, which was sketched at Bow Island; 

 but we have not met with a Petromyzon in any of the collections of Chinese fish or drawings. 



