24. MaR^ENA. 1Q9 



d, e. Adult. East-Indian archipelago. From the Collection of Dr 

 van Lidth do Jeudo. 



*^' TT°'^P ^' ^'°^* J^ssington. From the Ilaslar Collection. 



y. Half-grown ; type of the species. Mauritius. From the Collec- 

 tion of the Zoological Society. 



h. Half-grown. Presented by Sir A. Smith. 



24. Muraena microspila. 



Gymnothorax bullatus, Bleek. Atl. Ichth. Mm- p 91 pi '>7 fi.r o ,o 

 on plate), pi. 43. fig. 8 (not synonymy). • e- - ^ 



Teeth uniserial, without basal lobe ; there are about 20 on each 

 side of the mandible. Canines rather smaU, the iaws shuttin<r 

 completely. The length of the anterior nasal tubes is nearly equal 

 to the vertical diameter of the eye. Gill-opening as wide as the 

 eye. Snout rather narrow and produced ; eye small, two-fifths of 

 the length of the snout, situated above the middle of the cleft of the 

 niouth which is wide, contained twice and one-sixth in the len<nh 

 of the head. Tail as long as the body ; the length of the head is cm- 

 tamed twice and two-thirds in that of the trunk: Body and tail luith 

 two or three longitudinal series of round black spots, those of the 

 dorsal series being much larger than, and those of the middle series 

 about as large as, the eye. Head nearhj immacidate ; fins luiihout 

 watte margin. '' 



East-Indian archipelago. 

 a. One of the typical examples of Bleeker's Murana hullata. 



25. Mui-aena melanospila. 



Mm-iena melanospilos, Bleeh. Nat. Ti/dsch: Ned. Ind. ix p 979 

 Gymnothorax melanospilos, Bleek. Atl. Ichth. Mm: p 90 xA 4'' 

 fig. 1. r , I . -. 



Teeth uniserial, without basal lobe; there are about 19 on each 

 side of the mandible. Canines much larger than the other teeth 

 and the jaws do not shut. Anterior nasal tubes verv short Gill- 

 opening wider than the eye. Snout short and compressed; eife small 

 one-hall of the length of the snout, situated above the middle of the 

 cleft of the mouth, the length of which is contained twice and two- 

 thirds m that of the head. TaU a little longer than the body ; the 

 length of the head is one-third of that of the trunk. Brown body 

 and tad ivtth round or ovcd black spots, generally larger than the em 

 and longitudinalhj arranged. Spots on the head much the smallest 

 ruis with a narrow whitish edge. 



Sumatra and IJooro. 

 (t. Tyiie of the species. From Dr. Bleeker's Collection. 



26. Muraena polyophthabnus. 



Murtena polyoplithahnus, Bleek. Act. Sor. Sc. Indo-Neerl. iii. Celebes 

 3t. p. 15. ' 



