19G report — 1845. 



The disc is wider than that of R. schlegelii, the length being in proportion to the breadth 

 as 7 : 6 : it is more undulated on the fure edge, there being a conspicuous widely-rounded 

 lobe opposite the eyes, and the snout is acuminated, but yet blunt at the point. A single 

 acute tooth on the hinder edge of the spout-holes. The width of the disc somewhat exceeds 

 one-third of the whole length of the fish. Colour shining yellowish-brown, with specks of a 

 darker tint of the same, arranged for the most part so as 4.0 form small sub-circular areas. 

 Length of the figure 19^ inches. 



Hab. China seas. Canton. 



Platyrhina sinensis, M. und H. p. 125. JRaie chinoise, Lacep. i. p. 34 

 et 157. pi. 2. f. 2; Icon. Reeves, 182; Hardw. Cart. 74. Chinese name, 

 Hwang teen poo*, " Yellow spotted ray" (Birch). 



A Chinese specimen exists in the British Museum. 

 Hab. Seas of China and Japan. Canton. 



Fam. Torpedinidje. 

 Narcine timlei, Bl. Schn. (Torpedo), p. 359; Henle, Narc. p. 34. taf. 2. 

 f. 4; M. und fa. p. 130. 

 Hab. Indian ocean and sea of Japan. 



Narcine lingula, Richardson. Icon. Reeves, 227 ; Hardw. Cart. .72. 

 Chinese name, Muh cho poo, "Wooden ladle handle ray "(Reeves); Muh 

 cheoh po (Bridgern. Chrest. 240) ; Themilly yar, Hindostanee. 



Mr. Reeves's drawing shows only the upper surface of the fish, but I possess another figure 

 executed by the late Dr. Wight in India, which gives a view also of the under disc, and shows 

 that this Torpedo belongs to the sub-genus Narcine. The upper lip is entire with a slight 

 point at the central bridle, and the dental plates turn out over the upper and under jaw. In 

 the outline of the disc it resembles the Nalla temere of Russell (pi. 2), but in this fish the 

 ground colour is white and the spots more round and regular. 



The width of the disc is to its length as six to seven, and as it is widest posterior to its 

 middle, it has a very broadly ovate form, without any angles, the snout being rounded. The 

 breadth of the disc is equal to the length of the tail from the anus to the tip of the caudal fin. 

 The ventrals have a slightly convex edge with the fore and hinder corners only moderately 

 rounded. The claspers project beyond its edge. First dorsal rather larger than the second. 

 The distance between the eyes and edge of the snout is equal to a fourth of the width of the 

 disc, and the spout-holes, which are larger than the orbits and have smooth edges, are con- 

 tiguous to them. Colour of the upper surface reddish-brown, with larger and smaller dark 

 liver-brown spots, the largest being placed on the middle line of the back and tail. Some of 

 the spots which lie round the electrical apparatus run into curved bars, and there are two lon- 

 gitudinal dark bars on the ventrals. The under surface is white, with reddish and purple tints 

 round the edges of the various parts. Length of the figure 13 inches. Breadth of the disc 

 5*2 inches. 



Hab. China seas. Canton (Reeves). Indian ocean. Madras (Wight). 



Muh cho poo, Reeves, 6 ; Hardw. Cart. 73. 



This figure has the same Chinese name with the preceding one, and much the same colours 

 and spots, but it presents such difference in form, that, looking to the general accuracy of Mr. 

 Reeves's admirable collection of drawings, prevents me from considering it as a representation 

 of the same fish ; yet the discrepancies are not sufficient in the absence of specimens to induce 

 me to name it as specifically distinct. The general proportions of length and breadth do not 

 differ greatly from those of lingula, but the disc is more widely rounded anteriorly, and more 

 gibbous just behind the eyes, making an approach, though a slight one, to the sub-rhomboidal 

 form of N. indica. The posterior corners of the disc overlap the ventrals rather more, and 

 the latter are considerably larger with a more rounded outline. They extend backwards to 

 the middle of the first dorsal. The second dorsal is drawn a trifle larger than the first. The 

 eyes also are proportionally nearer to each other and to the fore-edge of the disc than in lin- 

 gula. There are some slight differences in the spots, but scarcely so much as to require de- 

 scription. The posterior lobes of the disc are deeply tinged with arterial blood-red, but the 

 colours in other respects are the same. The fish represented was a female, as no claspers are 

 shown. Length of the figure 16 inches, width 8 W 3 inches. 



Hab. China sea. Canton. 



* The term poo comprises a Chinese genus, which may be generally translated as " ray." 



