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latter locality no adult specimens have as yet been obtained, 
though judging from the numerous empty egg-cases washed 
ashore the species cannot be considered rare. Three fetal 
specimens have also come to hand, namely, the specimen, 
128 miliimeters in length, from which the above descrip- 
tion was taken, and which was washed ashore in its egg- 
case at Woody Point, Moreton Bay, and secured by Mr. 
J.T. Jameson of that place, in whose collection it now is; 
in this example the yolk-sac is very large, weighing three- 
fifths of the body or three-eights of the total weight. The 
second specimen is somewhat larger and has consumed the 
yolk-sac, only the connecting cord being left unabsorbed ; 
it was presented to the Queensland State Museum by Mr. 
James A. Hamilton, who obtained it at Amity Point, about 
twenty-five years ago. The third example, which was also 
obtained by Mr. Jameson at Woody Point, is much smaller 
than either of the others; through the kindness of its 
collector it is in the collec- 
tion of the A. F. A. Q., Cat. 
No. 587. The only other Aus- 
tralian recordis that of Klun- 
zinger, whose specimen, from 
Port Darwin was sixteen 
inches long. 
Length to 400 millimeters. 
In all probability the species 
grows to a_ considerably 
larger size. 
The egg-cases of this 
species (fig. 1) differ in a 
remarkable degree from those 
of Scyliorhinus and its allies. 
In the latter the case, which 
is usually golden-brown in 
S—Dec. 2, 1908. 
