106 MTJR-ENID^. 



head is contained twice and one-third in that of the trunTc. Body 

 with about IG hlaclc cross bands, which are rather broader than the 

 intcrsjmccs ; their ventral portion is well defined, but the dorsal half 

 is more diffuse, whilst the part on the dorsal fin is again well marked. 

 The fu'st distinct ventral baud is behind the giU-opening, luhilst the 

 head and the back are closely spotted and dotted ivith brown. 

 China ; Japan. 



a. Thirteen inches long. China Seas. Presented by Sir J. Rich- 



ardson. 



b. Half-grown. Japan. From Dr. Bleeker's Collection. 



Blecker erroneously refers Bloch's G. reticidaris to the preceding- 

 species. Our examples agree very weU with the figure given by 

 Bloch, which is very accurate. 



19. Mursena punctato-fasciata. 



Murfena catenata, Bleek. Act. Sac. Ind.-Necrl. i. Amhoyna, p. 66 (not 



synon.). 

 Gymnothorax punctato-fasciatus, Bleek. Atl. Ichth.Mur. p. 99, tab. 31. 

 fig. 4. 

 Teeth uniserial ; mandibulary teeth 16-17; canines very small; 

 the mouth can be shut completely. Anterior nasal tubes very short. 

 Width of the gill-opening rather more than that of the eye. Snout 

 scarcely compressed, short ; eye of moderate size, two-thirds of the 

 length of the snout, situated somewhat nearer to the angle of the 

 mouth than to the end of the snout. Cleft of the mouth of mode- 

 rate width, one-third of the length of the head. Tail longer than 

 the body ; the length of the head is one-third, or a little less than one- 

 third, of that of the trunli. Body ivith from 28 to 33 irregular more 

 or less complete broivn rings. Head and the interspaces between the 

 bands closely dotted and spotted with broivn. 



East-Indian archipelago. 

 a. Adult. Amboyna. From Dr. Bleeker's Collection. Type of the 



species. 

 b-c. Adult and young. Amboyna. Purchased of Mr. Frank. 

 d-e. Adult. From the Collection of Dr. van Lidth de Jeude. 



c. Species ornajnented by loell-defined polygonal or round black spots. 



20. Muraena tessellata. 

 F Gymnothorax favagineus, Bl. Schn. p. 525, tab. 105. 

 ? Mm'ffiua favaginea, Cuv. Bk/ne Anim. 

 Thperodoutis reticulata, M'C'lcll. Calc. Jvurn. Nat. Hist. v. 1845, 



pp. 188, 216, pi. 7. fig. 1 (not Bl. Schn.). 

 Miurffina tessellata, Richards. Ichth. Sidph. p. 109, pi. 55. figs. 6-8 ; 



and Breb. S,- Terr. Fish. p. 88 ; Blcek. Nat. Tydschr. Ned. Ind. v. 



p. 530, or Vcrh. Bat. Gen. xxv. Muran. p. 74. 

 isingteena, Richards. Ichth. Sulph. p. 108, pi. 48. fig. 1 : and 



Breb. ^ Terr. Fish. p. 86. 



python, Kaup, Apod. p. 68, fig. 52. 



favaginea, Kaup, Apod. p. 68, fig. 53. 



