24. MUK^NA. 101 



plctel)-. Gill-opening as wide as the eye. Snout of moderate 

 length, twice as long as the eye, which is of moderate size. Cleft of 

 the mouth of moderate width, two-fifths of the length of the head. 

 Tail rather longer than the hody. The length of the head is two- 

 fifths of that of the trunk. Bruwn or black, entirely covered with 

 innumerable yellowish dots, the largest of the size of a small pin's 

 head. 



Martinique ; Cuba. 



(t. Adult. Cuba. From the Collection of the Zoological Society. 



9. Mursena flavopicta. 

 Thyrsoidea flavopicta, Kmtp, Apod. p. 90. 



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

 mandible. Canines small ; the mouth cannot be shut completely. 

 Gill-opening rather wider than the eye. Snout of moderate length. 

 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 two-fifths of that of the trimk. Tail black, with innu- 

 merable round yellow spots smaller than the eye ; towards the trunk 

 the yellow spots are more densely crowded and irregular in shape ; 

 and towards and on the head the yellow colour becomes the 

 ground-colour, and the black appears in the form of reticulated 

 lines. 



Tropical parts of the Atlantic. 



a. Fine specimen. St. Helena. Presented by J. C. MeUiss, Esq. 



Murceim elahorata, Poey, Mem. Cub. ii. p. 323, and Repert. Fis.- 

 nat. Cub. ii. p. 262, is very closely allied to, and perhaps identical 

 with, this species ; it has the vomerine teeth in a double series. 



^. Maxillary teeth only biserial. 



10. Muraena stellifera. 

 Richards. Voy. Ereh. ^- Terr. Fish. p. 80. 



Teeth uniserial, except those of the raaxiUary, which is armed with 

 an inner series of four or five strongish teeth. Mandibulary teeth 

 about twenty in number on each side. Canines strong, the jaws not 

 shutting completely. Gill-opening narrow. Snout rather produced 

 and pointed, not quite twice as long as the eye, which is of moderate 

 size. Tail longer than tlie body. The length of the head is two- 

 fifths of that of tlio trunk. Brownish, with four regular longitudinal 

 scries of pale-blue spots, each of about the size of the eye. Fins 

 ■with a narrow bluish edge. 



Madagascar. 



a. Type of the species, 7 inches long. Presented by Dr. J. E. 

 Gray. 



Gymnothorei.v uiari/arttojihorus, Bleek. (Xed. Tydschr. Dierk. ii. 



