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SPOTTED RAY. 



Raja Maculata. R. rotundata glabra suhfusca, nigro maculata) 

 subtus alba. 



Rounded, smooth, brownish Kay, spotted with black, white 



beneath. 

 Temeree. Kuss, ind. t. I. 



Shape rounded, nearly as in the Torpedo : colour 

 above dusky-brown, thickly marked on all parts 

 with moderately large, round, black spots: beneath 

 white : head indistinct : eyes small : tail rather 

 short and thick, with two fins above, and a termi- 

 nal one : length, from the nose to the tip of the 

 tail, about a foot and a half. Native of the Indian 

 seas. 



BLACK-AND-WHITE RAY. 



Raja Bicolor. H. rotundata, glabra, alba, nigro maculata, subtus 

 alba. 



Rounded, smooth, white Ray, spotted with black, white be- 

 neath. * 

 Nalla Temeree. Russ. ind. t. 2. 



Of similar size and shape with the preceding, 

 but differing in colour, being white above, marked 

 on all parts wdth numerous, round, black spots : 

 beneath white. This seems to be either a variety 

 or a sexual difference of the preceding species. 

 Native of the Indian seas. 



