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flappers to that of the ventral fins is 17 inches : that of the tail 21 *< 

 extreme breadth of body 28. These dimensions were respectively 

 32, 27, and 44 inches in another individual formerly examined by 

 Dr. Bancroft, which he considered to be adult. 



A third species is the common Sea-Eel or Conger of Jamaica. 

 It is perhaps identical with the Savanne of Martinique (Murcena 

 Savanna, Cuv.), a fish of which no distinguishing mark has yet been 

 published, except that derived from the forward position of the com- 

 mencement of its dorsal tin. Its teeth are peculiar. Its characters 

 may be thus expressed : 



Conger Savanna? Cong, pinnd dorsali ante basin pinnarum 

 pectoralium incipiente : dentibus anterioribus conicis ; later alibus 

 pluri-seriatis, seriei medice majoribus, parallelopipedis, cuneatis, 

 serierum externarum internarumque minoribus granulatis rotun- 

 datisque, omnibus confertis ; vomerinis mediis majoribus triangu- 

 laribus, subrecurvis, compressis, lateralibus rotundato- granulatis. 



A specimen was exhibited of a species of Phalangista, Geoff., 

 which had been lately presented to the Society's Museum by 



Talbot, Esq. Mr. Ogilby stated that he regarded it as forming 



a new species, to which he gave the name of Phal. xanthopus. He 

 also called the attention of the Committee to a second undescribed 

 species of the same genus, which is now living in the Society's 

 Gardens. 



Mr. Ogilby characterized and described these two animals as 

 follows : 



Phalangista fuliginosa. Phal. vellere subcrispo, supra et 



subtusfusco-fuliginoso ; caudd longd, villosd, dorso concolore. 

 The size and proportions are those of the Phal. vulpina ; the ears 

 are also of similar shape and size, hairy on the outsides, but naked 

 within. The colour is a uniform dark sooty-brown over all parts of 

 the head and body, not even excepting the belly and inner surface 

 of the thighs. The hair has a frizzled appearance, but is not so 

 close nor so fine as in Phal. vulpina. The tail is long, black, and 

 rather bushy ; the naked slip underneath, as well as the nose and 

 soles of the feet, which are also naked, is of a bright flesh colour. 

 The moustaches are long, stiff^ and black. 



Described from a specimen at present living in the Society's 

 Gardens, and said to have been brought from Sydney. 



Phalangista xanthopus. Phal. vellere densissimo, supra 



cano-Jiisco, infra canescente ; pedibus Jidvis ; Cauda villosd, 



radice dorso concolore, apice alba. 



The upper parts of the body are of a blueish ash colour, with a 



dash of black, which prevails chiefly about the head and eyes ; the 



under parts yellowish-white. The base of the ears is of the same 



colour as the upper parts of the body, but their tips are white, as 



in the Phal. vulpina. The tail is ash-coloured at the root, dark 



brown in the middle, and pure white on the last two inches. The 



limbs on their external surfaces are of the same colour as the body, 



but the feet are of a dun-yellow. 



