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over tlie corner of the mouth ; and its diameter is half the length 

 of the snout. Pectoral scarcely perceptibly longer than the man- 

 dible, and the distance between it and the tip of the snout does not 

 go quite twice in the length of the space between the pectoral and 

 dorsal. 



Upper surface, olive-green, with black dots on each scale; under 

 one smutty white, without any silvery lustre. Surface of the pec- 

 toral ne.xt the body dark, dotted with black. 



Total length, 17-32 in. Length of tail, 9-45 in. To the eye, 

 0-43 in. To the corner of the mouth, 063 in. To the pectoral, 

 2-36 in. To the dorsal, 0-11 in. Length of the pectoral, OSO in. 



89. AnGUILLA NOV.ETERR.E, fig. 35. 



Anguilla novseterrse, Kemp. 



Pupil of the moderate-sized eye placed over the corner of the 

 mouth, its diameter bearing a proportion to the length of the snout 

 of 1 : If. Lips thin and little developed. It is a feebly-toothed 

 species, having four rows of teeth in both jaws. The broad pectoral 

 is longer than the mandible. Pores of the head unusually conspi- 

 cuous. Scales on the head coarse and distinct, forming irregular 

 transverse rings. Lateral line very distinct, except its pores, which 

 have the same colour as the body, or olive-green. Belly lighter ; 

 but, like the body and fins, dotted with black. It is a moderately- 

 elongated eel. 



Total length, 21 06 in. Length of tail, 12-02 in. To the eye, 

 0-39 in. To the corner of the mouth, 0-59 in. To the pectoral, 

 2-36 in. To the dorsal, 6-62 in. Height behind the pectoral, 0-98 

 in. Length of the pectoral, 0-91 in. 



Newfoundland (M. Despreau.x). 



90. Angdilla texana, fig. 36. 

 Anguilla texana, Kaup. 



Diameter of the eye half the length of the moderatelj'-pointed 

 snout. The pupil situated over the corner of the mouth. The 

 distance between the tip of the snout and the pectoral {— 2-76 

 in.) bears a proportion to the space between the pectoral and dorsal 

 (= 4-53 in.) of 1 : 1-A-. 



In the only specimen known to me there is a slight monstrosity 

 in the mandible crossing the point of the upper jaw by being bent 

 to the left. Therefore I cannot say how much the pectoral is 

 longer than the mandible, or whether the mandible is longer than 

 the snout, though this is probable. 



Colour of the upper surface, dark olive-green, stippled with a 

 still darker tint ; under surface, smutty white. Dorsal fin equally 

 high from its commencement nearly to its end. 



