100 MtJR-ENID^. 



of the head. Tail as long as the body. The length of the head is 

 one-half of that of the truuk. Yellowish, finely mottled with brown ; 

 fins and sides, and especially the lower parts, with white browu-edged 

 ocelli of the size of the eye ; fins without white edge. Gill-opeuiug 

 brown. 



Galapagos Islands ; Pacific coast of Central America. 



a. Adult. From Mr. Goodridge's Collection. 



B. Posterior nostrils not tubular: Gymnothorax. 



1. Sodi/ moderatvly clonf/ate ; fail not (or not much) longer than the bodi/ ; 



snout of moderate extent. 



a. Ornamented, hy well-defined zvhite (in spirits) sjwts or ocelli. 



a. Ma.rillanj and intermaxillary teeth biserial. 



7. Muraena meleagris. 



Muvaena meleagris, Shaw, Xaf. Mixc. pi. '220; Gen. Zool. iv. 1, p. 32 ; 



Richards. J'ot/. Ereb. ^- Terr. Fish. p. O-']. 

 Thyrsoidea meleagris, Kaup, Apod. p. 91 (copied from Richardson'). 



clilorostignia, Kaup, Apod. p. 89. 



Murreua clilorostigma, Bleek. Nat. Tt/ds. Ned. Ind. xv. p. 100. 

 Gymnothorax clilorostigma, Bleek. All. Ichth. Mur. p. 97, pi. 34. 



'lig. 2. 



Teeth biserial, except those on the vomer and on the side of the 

 mandible. Canines rather small, and the mouth can be shut com- 

 pletely. Anterior nasal tubes very short. Gill-opening narrow. 

 Snout of moderate length, moderately compressed. Eye small, less 

 than one-half of the length of the snout. Cleft of the mouth wide. 

 Tail rather longer than the body. The length of the head is con- 

 tained twice and one- third or twice and two-thirds in that of the 

 trunk. Brownish black, with innumerable yellowish dots, which are 

 smaller than the eye. 



Vert. 60/GO. 



Indian and Pacific Oceans. 



a. Half-grown. Old Collection. Type of the species. 

 h. Adult. Zanzibar. Presented by Lieut.-Col. Plaj-fair. 

 c. Adult : stuSed. Zanzibar. From Lieut.-Col. Playfair's Col- 

 lection. 

 cl. Adult : stufied. Mauritius. 



e. Half-grown. Java. From Dr. Bleeker's Collection. 



f. Young. Feejee Islands. Voyage of the ' Herald.' 



g. Adult : skeleton. Seychelle Islands. Presented by Prof. E. P. 



Wright. 



8. Mursena miliaris. 



ISIurenophis punctata, Casteln. An. Am. Sud, Poiss, p. 82, pi. 42. 



fig. 3. 

 Thyrsoidea miliaris, Kaup, Ajiod. p. 90. 

 Gjminothorax scriptus, Pocy, Repert. Fis.-nat. Cuba, ii. p. 261. 



Teeth biserial, except those on the vomer and on the side of the 

 mandible. Canines rather small, and the mouth can be shut com- 



