92 JIUR.'EXID.T5. 



toral fius present. Dorsal and anal occupying the greater part of 

 the tail, interrupted in the middle; their origins opposite to each 

 other, and their distance from the vent exceeding the length of the 

 head. 



Timor. 

 a. Thirty-one inches long. Presented by the Royal CoUege of 

 Surgeons. 



4. Moringua javanica. 



AphthalmicLtliysjavaniciis, Kaup, Apod. p. 105, fig. 71; Bleek. Ned. 

 Tyds. Dierk. i. p. 104 ; or Atl. Ichth. Mur. p. 16, pi. 2. fig. 2. 



Pectorals none ; vertical fins reduced to a narrow fringe of the 

 end of the tail. The greatest depth of the body is one seventy-fifth 

 or one-hundredth of the total length. 



Java, Celebes, Ceram, Timor ; Fet^'ee Islands ; Japan. 



a. Adult. From Dr. Bleekor's Collection. 



b. Adult. Moluccas. 



c. Young. Feejee Islands. Purchased of Herr Darnel. 



d. Adult. Japan. 



5. Moringua abbreviata. 



Aphthalmichtliys abbreviatus, Bleek. Ned. Tijds. Dierk. i. p. 163 ; or 

 Atl. Ichth. 3fiir. p. 17, pi. 1. fig. ]. 



Pectoral and vertical fins reduced to sHght folds of the skin, with 

 a few rudimentary rays at the extremity of the tail. The greatest 

 depth of the body is one-fortieth or one forty-fourth, and the length 

 of the head one-twelfth or one-thirteenth of the total length. 



East-Indian archipelago. 



a. Type of the species. From Dr. Bleeker's CoUectiou. 

 6. Moringua macrocephala. 



Aphthalmichtliys macroccphalus, Bleek. Ned. Tyds. Dierk. i. p. 165 ; 

 or Atl. Ichth. Mur. p. 17, pi. 3. fig. 2. 



Probably not distinct from the preceding species, from which it 

 diff"crs only in having a longer head, its length being one-ninth of 

 the total. 



Timor. 



a. Type of the species. Timor. From Dr. Bleeker's Collection. 

 h. Young. India. Presented by General Hardwicke. 



