398 Bidletm 47, United States National Museum. 



tail; brown or black, entirely covered with innumerable yellowish dots, 

 the largest the size of a small pin head. (Giiuther.) West Indies. 

 {miUaris, in thousands, referring to the spots. ) 



Tlirysoidea miliaris, Kaui", Apodes, 90, 1856, Martinique. 



MurnnamiillioceUata, PoEy, Memori.as, ii, 324, 18G0, Cuba; based on specimens with smaller 



spots than usual. 

 Gyimtothornr scrijittis, PoEV, Repertorio, II, 261, 1808, Cuba. 

 Muruna miliaris, Gi'NTHKR, Cat., viil, 100, 1870. 

 Gymnothorax miliaris, Jordan & Davis, I. c, G04. 



655. LTCODOXTIS ELABOBATIIS (Poey). 



Vomerine teeth biserial, small, and bluntly rounded. Mouth not clos- 

 ing completely; teeth of upper jaw biserial, those of the inner series 

 larger; teeth of the lower jaw biserial anteriorly; eye over middle of 

 gape, 2i in snout; head 2} in trunk, ii in tail, which is a little longer 

 than rest of body ; gill opening large. Color dark brown, faintly mot- 

 tled with darker, the whole body, including fins, covered with points of 

 clear yellow, those on the head close-set and minute, like needle points, 

 but as large as a pin head on the tail ; (middle of body with intricate 

 markings of yellow, in the form of linear dashes, according to Poey; 

 none shown on our specimen). Cuba; two specimens recorded, {elabora- 

 tu8, labored over, from the markings.) 



Munena elaboraia, Poey, Memorias, ii, 323, 1860, Cuba ; Poey, Bepertorio, ii, 262, 1868. 

 Gymnothorax elaboratus, Jordan & Davis, I. c, 605. 



656, LTCODOXTIS OBSCURATUS (Poey). 



Anterior teeth of upper jaw long and sharp, the rest small and in one 

 series ; vomerine teeth in one row, three large canines in front, the rest 

 small; teeth on lower jaw small, with two longer ones on each side in 

 front; head 2i in trunk; cleft of mouth 2 in head; tail a head's length 

 longer than the rest of the body. Body marbled with brown on a green- 

 ish ground, dark enough to almost obscure the marblings, which are com- 

 posed of close-set spots as large as the pupil, often bordered on one side 

 with a white edging, the spots sometimes being all white ; dorsal fins 

 with a blackish border, sometimes interrupted with white; anal all black, 

 with a white border. (Poey.) Cuba; not seen by us. (o6scMra<ws, dark- 

 ened.) 



GymmiOiorax obsamilns, Poey, Ann. N. Y. Lye. Nat. Hist., ix, 1870, 320, Cuba ; Jordan & Davis, 

 I v., 605. 



657. LYCODONTIS CHLEVASTES (Jordan & Gilbert). 



Head with 3i rings which do not meet below ; tip of snout in one ring, 

 the top and front of snout on median line pale. Ui)j)er teeth biserial, the 

 rest uuiserial ; dentary with about 14 teeth on each side ; eye 2 in snout, 

 midway between tip of snout and angle of mouth ; head 2t in trunk ; 

 head and trunk a little shorter than tail ; mouth completely closing. 

 Color pale yellowish brown, with about 20 blackish rings, which are 

 usually three times the breadth of the interspaces ; these rings broadest 

 above, extending over the fins; tip of tail black. Galapagos Islands; 

 one specimen known; a remarkably handsome species. {,x/^evu<jTTjc, a 

 harlequin.) 



