1897.] NATURAL SCIENCES OF PHILADELPHIA. 93 



DASYATIDJE. 



6. TJrolophus jamaicensis (Cuvier). Maid. 



Raja jamaicensis Cuvier, Regne Animal, II, 137, 1817 (Jamaica). 

 Urolophus jamaicensis, Jordan & Evermann, Fishes of North America, 80. 



Three specimens about 9 in. long. Asperities confined to middle 

 of disk, a few along upper edge of caudal fin. 



7. Dasyatis hastata (De Kay). Kit. 



Trygon hastata De Kay, N. Y. Fauna: Fishes, 373, pi. 65, fig. 214, ?, 1842, 

 (Rhode Island). 

 Dasyatis hastata, Jordan & Evermann, Fishes of North America, 83. 



The collection contains also the tail of another species of Dasyatis 

 which we cannot identify. 



MYLIOBATIDJE. 



8. Aetobatus narinari (Euphrasen). Whippley. 



Raia narinari Euphrasen, Vet. Ak. Nya Handl., 1790, XI, 217 (Brazil). 

 Aetobatits narinari, Jordan & Evermann, Fishes of North America, 88. 



ANGUILLID^. 



9. Anguilla chrysypa Rafinesque. 



Angnilla chrysypa Rafinesque, Amer. Month. Mag. & Crit. Rev., 1817, 120 

 (Long Island ) ; Jordan & Evermann, Fishes of North America, 318. 



MlTR^NESOCIDiE. 



10. Muraenesox savanna (Cuvier). 



Muroina savanna Cuvier, Regne Animal, Ed. 2, Vol. 2, 350, 1829 (Martin- 

 ique). 



Murcenesox savanna, Jordan & Evermann, Fishes of North America, 360. 



OPHICHTHYIDJE. 



12. Ophichthus gomesii (Castelnau). Sea Eel; Whip Snake Eel.. 



Ophisurus gomesii Castelnau, Anim. Amer. Sud., 84, fig. 2, 1855 (Rio 

 Janeiro). 



Ophichthus gomesii, Jordan & Evermann, Fishes of North America, 384. 



MURJENIDJE. 



13. Lycodontis moringa (Cuvier). 



Murcena moringa Cuvier, Regne Animal, ed. II, 1829 (Bahamas, after 

 Catesby). 



Lycondontis moringa, Jordan & Evermann, Fishes of North America, 395. 



The dark brown blotches nearly everywhere confluent and marked 

 with small black dots ; the white ground appearing as more or less 

 disconnected reticulations, merely small blotches on tail, but con- 

 fluent on lower jaw and throat where the brown spots are much 

 smaller than the interspaces ; edge of dorsal and anal white poste- 



