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of the snout, situated ii little nearer to the angle of the mouth 

 than to the end of the snout. Cleft of the mouth very wide, two- 

 tifths of the length of the licad. (Jill-opening a little wider than 

 the cje. Tail as long as, or somewhat longer than, the hody. The 

 length of the head is one-half, or a little less than one-half, of that 

 of the trunk. The entire fish with innumerable confluent, irregular, 

 l)rownish-black spots separated hy a fine network of the white 

 ground-colour. Each pore of the lower jaw generally situated in a 

 round white spot. Eins without white margin. In ?/om/(^ examples 

 the hiack spots are larger and less in number. 



Vert. 65/79. 



Tropical parts of the Atlantic. 



a, b. Adult and half-grown. Baliia. From Dr. Wucherer's Col- 

 lection. 



c. Half-grown. Cuba. Pxirchased of Mr. Scrivener. 



d. Adult : stuffed. West Indies. From the Haslar Collection. 



e. Several skins. Jamaica. 

 /. Half-grown. Jamaica. 



(J. Half-grown. Dominica. Purchased of Mr. Cutter. 



h,i. Adult. St. Croix. Purchased of Mr. Stevens. 



k. Adult. Island of Bonacca. Collected by Mr. Maegillivray. 



l,m. Adult and half-grown. St. Helena. Presented by J. C. 



Melliss, Esq. 

 n, 0. Adult and half-groMii. From the Collection of Dr. van Lidth 



de Jeude. 

 p. Adult: skeleton. From the Collection of Dr. van Lidth de Jeude. 



47. Mursena vicina. 



Murenophis vidua, Casteln. An. Amer. Sud, Potss. p. 81, pi. 42. 



fig. 4. 

 caramuru, Casteln. I. c. p. 82, pi. 43. fig. 1. 



Teeth uniserial, sometimes an additional tooth or tAvo forming au 

 inner maxillary series ; mandibulary teeth about nineteen on each 

 side ; canines strong, but the mouth can be shut completely. Gill- 

 openings narrower than the eye. Snout produced, twice as long as 

 the eye, wliich is large. Cleft of the mouth wide, its length being 

 contained twice aiul one-fourth in that of tho head. Tail longer 

 than the body. The length of the head is contained from once and 

 three-fourths to twice and one-half in that of the trunk. Olive- 

 coloured, densely and rather finely marbled with brown, the brown 

 coloration being by f;ir the more prominent, and nearly entirely 

 suppressing the ground-colour, which appears in irregular vermicu- 

 lated lines or small spots. Angle of the mouth brown ; fins with a 

 distiTict wliite margin ; gill-opening without bro\A'n spot. 



Bahia. 



", 6. Adult. Bahia. Ennn Dr. Wucherer's Collection. 



