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RING-TAILED RAY. 



Raja Poecilura. H. suhrhomheo-dilatata , cinerea, suhtus alba, 

 Cauda hrevi, teimi, inermi, albo nigroque annulata, 



Subrhombic-dilated cinereous Ray^ white beneath, with short, 

 slender, unarmed tail, annulated with black and white, 



Tenkee Kunsul. Kuss. ind. t, 6. 



Shape very broad in proportion to its length : 

 pectoral fins obtuse : head indistinct : snout very 

 small : eyes rather small : whole animal snrooth, 

 and of a deep cinereous colour above, whitish be- 

 neath : tail shortish, slender, and annulated by 

 alternate circles of black and white. Native of the 

 Indian seas. 



TFith bilohate front. 



DEMON RAY, 



Raja Diabolus. Jv. falcaio-dilata fusca, subtus albida, capite 



lato bilobo, cauda ifiermi. 

 Falciformly- dilated brown Ray, whitish beneath, with broad 



bilobate head, and unarmed tail. 

 Eereegoodee Tenkoo. Russel ind. t. g. 



This highly singular animal appears to have been 

 first described by Duhamel, from a specimen taken 

 in the year 1723 near Marseilles, measuring about 

 ten feet and a half in length, and weighing six 

 hundred pounds. In point of general shape it is 

 allied to the Eagle and Fasciated Rays, but with a 

 much greater extent of pectoral fins; appearing 



