264 J. D. OGILBY AND A. BR. McCULLOCH. 
A REVISION oF THE AUSTRALIAN ORHCTOLOBIDAI, 
By J. DOUGLAS OGILBY and ALLAN R. MCCULLOCH. 
[With Plates XLII., XLIII.] 
[Communicated by C. HEDLEY. | 
[Read before the Royal Society of N. S. Wales, December 2, 1908. | 
THE Ovrectolobidce are a family of ground-sharks of primi- 
tive characters, popularly known in Australia as Carpet- 
Sharks or Wobbegongs and Cat-Sharks. Of somewhat 
sluggish habits and small size, they do not endanger life or 
limb, nor do they rob the fisherman as do their more active 
relations. The senior author of this paper has enjoyed 
control of a large series gathered by the Amateur Fisher- 
men’s Association of Queensland, and has also been favoured 
with opportunities of study in the Queensland State 
Museum. The junior collaborator has been granted by 
the Trustees of the Australian Museum permission to 
incorporate notes on the collection in his official custody. 
Hor these advantages they tender grateful acknowledge- 
ment. 
When our paper was almost ready for press we received 
Mr. C. Tate Regan’s *‘ Revision of the Sharks of the Family 
Orectolobide.”’* We have therefore had to insert the 
references to his work more hurriedly than we would 
desire. AS will be seen, a study of large series of some 
species has led us to somewhat different conclusions to those 
at which he has arrived, and it is principally to these that 
we have devoted the short time available. Further, as he 
has taken into consideration all the species of the family, 
we have curtailed our first intentions, and have confined 
ourselves to the Australian species only. 
1 Proc Zool. Soc., 1908, p. 347. 
