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Fam. Scylliodontid/e. 

 Triakis scyllium, M. und H. 63. 



Hab. Sea of Japan. 



Fam. MusTELiDiE. 



Mustelus vulgaris, M. und H. Smooth hound, Yarr. ii. p. 333. 



Hab. Japanese and China seas. Australian coasts. Cape of Good Hope. Atlantic. Medi- 

 terranean. English channel. 



Fam. Lamnid^e. 



Lamna cornubica, Lin. (Squalus), Gmel. 1497 ; Goodenough, Lin. Tr. iii. 

 p. 80. pi. 15. Porbeagle, Borlase, Cornw. p. 265. pi. 26. f.4 ; Yarr. p. 384, 

 and Beaumaris shark, p. 387. Sq. monensis, Penn. iii. pi. 7; Shaw, Zool. v. 

 p. 350. Lamna cornubica, Cuv.Regn. An. ii. p. 389 ; M. und H. 67. 



Hab. Coasts of Norway. The Sound. English channel. Mediterranean. Atlantic. Sea of 

 Japan. 



Fam. CESTRACIONTID.ffi. , 



Cestracion zebra, Gray, Zool. Misc. p. 5 ; Icon. Reeves, 174 ; Hardw. 

 Cart. 52. Chinese name, Maou urh sha, " Cat-shark " (Birch) ; Man e 

 sha, " Kitten-shark " (Reeves) ; Mau i sha (Bridgem. Chrest. 185). 



Specimens of this fish from China exist in the British Museum and in the museum at Has- 

 lar. They are all handed transversely, and very differently from the Australian specimens of 

 C. phillipi. We have compared drawings of recent examples of this fish with Mr. Reeves's of 

 zebra, and find them to be very dissimilar in their markings, but the species are very much 

 alike in form. Miiller and Henle most probably consider them to be identical, as they men- 

 tion C. phillipi as an inhabitant of the Japanese seas. Small examples of zebra may be found 

 in the Chinese insect-boxes. 



Hab. Sea of China. 



Fam. Notidanidje. 



Heptanchus indicus, Cuv. Regn. An. p. 39; Agass. iii. tab. E. f. 1. (No- 

 tidanus), M. und H. p. 82. tab. 

 Hab. Seas of China, Australia, and the Indian ocean. 



Ordo RALflE. 



Fam. RhinobatidjE ( Squatinoraice, M. und H.). 



Rhina ancylostomus, Bl. Schn. p. 352. t. 72; Gray, Hardw. 111. Ind. 

 Zool. pi. 102. f. 2, The jaws. Icon. Reeves, /3. 74; Hardw. Cart. 69, 

 70, 71 ; Owen, Odont. pi. 23, The teeth. Chinese name, Pe pa sha, 

 " Guitar shark " (Birch) ; Pe pa yu, u Pe pa shark." " The pe pa is a 

 musical instrument like the guitar" (Reeves). Pe pa u (Bridgem. 

 Chrest. 164). 



Mr. Reeves deposited a Chinese specimen of this fish in the British Museum. 

 Hab. Seas of China (Reeves). Indian ocean (Bl.). 



Rhinobatus schlegelii, M. und H. p. 123. tafel. 



The British Museum possesses one of Burger's specimens, which differs a little from the 

 figure in Miiller and Henle's work, in having larger eyes, and somewhat differently shaped 

 spout-holes. 



Hab. Sea of Japan. 



Rhinobatus hynnicephalus, Richardson. Icon. Reeves, «. 7 ; Hardw 

 Cart. 63. Chinese name, Le tow sha (Birch); Lae tow sha, "Plough- 

 headed sha" (Reeves); Lai ton, sha (Bridgem. Chrest. 186). 



I have seen no specimen of this fish, but after a careful comparison with the description 

 and figures of the species of the several sub-genera composing this genus, as constituted in 

 the ' Plagiostomen' of Miiller and Henle, it was not found to correspond with any of them. 



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