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MUKJiXIDJi. 



a. Type of M. tristis, 15 inches long. Eivcr Niger. Collected by- 

 Mr. Fraser. 



h. Type of M. lineojjinnis, 22 inches long. Puerto CabaUo. Pur- 

 chased of Mr. Brandt. 



c-(/. Adult and young : skins. Jamaica. Purchased of Mr. Par- 

 ncll. 



h. Half-grown. Island of Grenada. Purchased of Mr. Cutter. 



/. Type of M. monochrous. East-Indian archipelago. From Dr. 

 Bleckcr's Collection. 



A'. Type of M. hoschii, young. Sumatra. From Dr. Bleeker's Col- 

 lection. 



/, m. Adult and half-grown. Port Essington. From the Haslar 

 Collection. 



n. Large specimen. Sydney. Presented by G. Kj-efffc, Esq. 



0. Half-grown : stuffed. Australia. — Type of M. prasinu. 



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



53. Muraena aterrima. 



Thyrsoidea aterrima, Kaup, Aalv Ilamhurg. Mus. p. 22. 



Tieniophis aterrima, Kaup, I. c. tab. 3. fig. 1. 



? Gymuothorax atenimus, Bleek. Ned. Tyds. Dierk. ii. p. 24-4. 



Closely allied to M. afra, but with a smaller eye. 



Teeth uniserial, except those on the vomer, which are more or 

 less distinctly biserial ; in young examples two or three inner 

 maxillary teeth. Canines rather small. Gill-opening rather wider 

 than the et/e, which is smaU, less than one-half of the length of the 

 snout. Snout of moderate length ; cleft of the mouth moderately 

 wide, its length being contained twice and three-fourths in that of 

 the head. Tail rather longer than the body ; the length of the head 

 is contained twice and one-third in that of the trunk. Entirely 

 uniform black. 



West Indies ; Atlantic coast of Central America. 



«. Half-grown. Dominica. Purchased. 



54. Mursena macuUpinnis. 



Thyrsoidea maculipinnis, KuKp, Apod. p. 83 ; Dunieril, Arch. Mvs. 

 X. p. 2(30, pi. 28. tig. 1 ; UheL Verh. Iloll. Maatsch. Haarlem, 1862, 

 Gtiinee., p. 129, tab. 27 (coloration after a specimen preserved in 

 spirits) ; Troschel, Wiegm. Arch. 1866, p. 237. 



connura, Kaup, Aule Hamburg. Mus. p. 23. 



Tseniopbis cormura, Kaup, 1. c. tab. 3. fig. 2. 



ThjTsoidea niargiuata, Kaup, 1. c. p. 24. 



Tfeniophis marginata. Kaup, I. c. tab. 4. tig. 1. 



? Gymnotliorax funel)ris, lilech. Ned. Tyds. Dierk. ii. p. 245. 



Teeth uniserial, sometimes an additional inner maxillary tooth ; 

 mandible with about 22 teeth on each side ; canines well developed, 

 but the jaws can be shut nearly completely. GiU-openiivj iiarroiver 

 than the eye. Snout narrow, produced, pointed ; twice as long as 

 the eye, which is large. Cleft of the mouth wide, contained twice 



