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of moderate size, as in the so-called A. hihvonii. They differ 



from specimens from the Nile only in this larger size of the eye. 

 p-T. Adult. Propontis. From Mr. Millingen's Collection. 

 v-1^. Young. Bahr el Kclb (I'alestine). From the Collection of 



the Rev. H. B. Tristram. 

 w, a' , b'-c', d'-f, g'-V. Adult and half-grown. Lower Nile, 

 m', n, o', p', q'. Adult, half-grown, and young. 

 r'. Adult : Skeleton. Propontis. From the Collection of Mr. Mil- 



lingen. (Yert. 4G/68.) 

 s'. Adult : Skeleton. 

 t'. Skulls of several examples. 



9. Anguilla bostoniensis. 



Mursena anguilla, Schopff, Bmhacht. Gcs. ntrf. Frmnd. Berlin, viii. 



p. 138. 

 Anguilla vulgaris, 3Iitch. Lit. S,- Phil. Trans. Nnc York, i. p. 300. 

 Murajua rostrata, Lcsueur, Journ. Ac. Nut. Sc. Philad. i. p. 81. 



bostoniensis, Lesueur, I. c. 



argentea, Lestieiir, I. c. p. 82. 



macrocephala, Lesueur, I. c. 



Anguilla lutea {Mqfln.), Kirtland, Bost. Journ. Nat. Hi4. iv. p. 234, 



pi. 11. fig. 2. 

 tenuirostris, Dc Kay, New York Faun. Fish. p. 310, pi. 53. 



fig. 173 ; ? Kaup, Apod. p. 44, fig. 34 ; ? Kner, Novara, Fi^ch. 



p. 370. 

 bostoniensis, Ayres, Boston Journ. Nat. Hist. iv. p. 279 ; Storer, 



Mem. Am. Acad. viii. p. 408, pi. 33. fig. 1. 



no-\a3orleanensis, Kaup, Apod. p. 43, fig. .33. 



punctatissinia, Kaup, Apod. p. 44. 



cubana, Kaup, Apod. p. 44. 



Synonymy for extra- American Specimens. 



Anguilla japonica, Schley. Faun. Japan. Poiss. p. 258, pi. 113. fig. 2 

 (mouth not good) ; Bleek. Verh. Bat. Genootsch. xxv. Nalez. Japan, 

 p. SI ; Kncr, Novara, Fisch. p. 370. 



The length of the head is contained once and three-fourths in the 

 distance of the gill-opening from the origin of the dorsal fin, and 

 twice and one-half in its distance from the vent. Distance between 

 the commencements of the dorsal and anal fins shorter than the head. 

 Lips rather narrow ; lower jaw slightly prominent. Angle of the 

 mouth below the eye, which is rather small or of moderate size, 

 much shorter than the snout. Tail considerably longer than the 

 body. 



United States ; Japan ; Formosa ; China. 



a, h, c-J. Adult and half-grown. Boston, Massachusetts. 



e,f. Half-grown. Japan. 



f). Half-grown. North China. Purchased of Mr. Jararach. 



/'. Half-grown. China. From the Collection of the East-India 



Company. 

 i, h. Several half-grown specimens. Formosa. 



