ADDENDA 53. ANGUILLID^.— MYROPHIS. 899 
Page 359. After Ophiclitliys ocellatiis add : 
lYO (b).- -PISODONTOPIIIS Kaup. 
(Pisoodonophis Kaiip, Apodes, 1856, 15: type Ojjhisiirus cancrivorua Rich.) 
Teeth all, or nearly all, more or less rounded or granular. Other- 
wise essentially as in Ophichthys. pea; ddoh^, tooth; 6<piq, snake.) 
584 (b). P. long^ns (Poey) Goode & Beau. 
Body extremely elongate, its greatest depth little more than ^ length 
of head. Snout rather pointed, its length 5| in head and twice diam- 
eter of eye. Tubes of anterior n 9 stril nearly as long as eye. Cleft of 
mouth 3 in head; the front of eye slightly behind its middle. Teeth 
all blunt and rounded, biserial; those of the front of jaws considerably 
larger than the rest. Head 4 in trunk. Head and trunk If in tail. 
Dorsal beginning at nape, at a point slightly nearer base of pectoral 
than eye, the fin of moderate height, higher than the anal; end of tail 
sharp. Pectorals extremely small, rounded, broader than long, the 
breadth of their bases equal to depth of gill-opening. Ground color 
dark brown, pale below; each side with 2 series of round, whitish 
blotches, about 40 spots in each series; sjmts somewhat largest and 
most distinct anteriorly, where their diameter is nearly equal to length 
of snout. Head with irregular round whitish spots on each side. 
Dorsal brownish, margined with dusky; other fins pale. Florida to 
Cuba. 
Murcena acuminata Gronow, Syst. Ichth. Ed. Gray, 1854, 21: Opliisurus lonpue 
Poey, Rep. Fis. Nat. Cuba, 1868, 254: Ophichthys acuminafus Giiutber, viii, 83.) 
Page 360. After Myrickthys tigrimis insert: 
171 (5).— MYROPHIS Lutken. 
(Liitken, Vid. Med. Naturh. Foreu. Kjobenb. 1851, 1: type Myrophis punctatus Liitk.) 
Body elongate, subcylindrical, scaleless. Vertical fins low, meeting 
around the tail, the dorsal beginning far behind the pectoral, which is 
small. Mouth moderate, its cleft extending beyond the eye; upper jaw 
longest; teeth moderate, in 1-3 series. Nostrils on the margin of the 
upper lip, the anterior tubular. Size small. Myrus ; o^t^, snake.) 
585 {b). M. Itimbricus J. & G. 
Light olive, everywhere except below finely punctulate; some very 
faint roundish yellowish spots ; eyes green ; lower side of head with 
steel-blue luster. Bodj’ wmrm-shaped, tapering backwards and scarcely 
compressed; diameter of head less than that of body. Head very small, 
