Volume I Part 26 (2/2)

Tobia.n.u.s_ have minute teeth, but these I could never discover. The rays of the fins are, pect. 16; dorsal 56; a.n.a.l 30.

AMMODYTES Tobia.n.u.s.

_Common Sand-Lance__--upper figure._

_A. pinna dorsali lineari, aequali._

Dorsal fin linear, equal.

_Linn. Syst. Nat. vol._ i. _p._ 1145. _Pennant_ iv. _pl._ 28. _Bloch, pl._ 73. 2.

_Lacepede_, ii. 275. _Klein Hist. Pisc. fasc._ iv. _tab._ 12. _f._ 10.

This, though a very common fish, has been figured by all authors as if the rays were spined and naked at their extremity; they are, on the contrary, soft and connected.

It abounds at certain times on many parts of our coasts. The number of rays stand thus: Pectoral 12; dorsal 51; a.n.a.l 27.

Pl. 64

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MACROGLOSSUM a.s.simile.

GENERIC CHARACTER.

_Antennae subfusiformes, sursum versus sensim cra.s.sescentes, apice unco brevissimo gracili incurvato abrupte terminato, in maribus sub-barbatae, in foeminis simplices et graciliores. Palpi porrecti, cra.s.si, articulo ultimo acuto. Alae opacae, integrae. Abdomen cra.s.sum, barbatum._

Typus Genericus _Sphinx stellatarum_. Linn.

Antennae subfusiform, gradually thickest towards the end, the tip abruptly terminating in a very short slender incurved hook; ciliated in the male, simple and more slender in the female. Palpi porrected, thick, the last joint pointed. Wings opaque, entire. Abdomen thick, bearded.

Generic Type _Sphinx stellatarum_. Linn.

SPECIFIC CHARACTER.

_M. alis supra fuscis; anticis fasciis duabus obsoletis, puncto nigrante terminali, posticis in medio, tribus maculisque lateralibus abdominis aurantiacis._

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