126 MUR-ENIDiE. 



teeth scarcely larger than the others ; vomer toothless. Gill- 

 opening scarcely larger than the eye, which is very small. Snout 

 obtuse ; cleft of the mouth of moderate widtli. Tail shorter than 

 the body ; the length of the head is two-sevenths of that of the 

 trunk. Uniform blackish brown ; anterior part of the body with 

 short, black undulating lines. 



Madeira. 

 a. Type of the species, 41 inches long. Presented by J. Y. John- 

 son, Esq. 



57. Mursena sanguinea. 

 Pythoniclitliys sanguineus, Poei/, Repvrt. Fis.-nat. Cuba, ii. p. 20.5, 

 "pi. 2. fig. 7 (head). 

 Teeth small, pointed, biserial in the jaws, plimserial on the 

 vomer. Tail longer than the body ; the length ol' the head is one- 

 half of the distance of the giU-opening from the vent. Mouth wide. 

 Eye very small. Nostrils not tubular. Uniform pink. (Poey.) 

 Cuba. 



58. Murasna moluccensis. 



Priodoiiophis moluccensis, lileek. Ned. Tt/ds. Dicik. ii. p. 48 ; or AU. 

 Ichth. Mur. p. 108, pi. 43. fig. 1. 



Teeth uniserial, v)ith the hinder edr/e serrated ; vomerine teeth 

 subbiserial anteriorly ; mandible with about 22 teeth on each side. 

 Canines small. Gill-opening wider than the ej'c. Snout depressed, 

 obtusely rounded in front, of moderate length. Eye rather small, 

 half as long as the snout. Tail shorter than the body ; the length 

 of the head is one-third of that of the trunk. Skin with scale- 

 pouches. Uniform brown. 



Amboyna. 

 a. Type of the species, .399 millims. long. From Dr. Bleeker's Col- 

 lection. 



59. Muraena modesta. 

 Kaup, Aale Hamburg. Mus. p. 21, tab. 4. fig. 2. 



Teeth uniserial, ivitli a hasal lohe ; mandible with twelve teeth on 

 each side ; snout short, obtuse ; eye small, two-thirds of the length 

 of the snout. TaU rather shorter than body. Brown, with irre- 

 gular blackish venules. (A'aiyJ.) 



Valparaiso. 



60. Muraena sathete. 



Mm'tenophis satbete. Ham. Bach. Fish. Gang. pp. 17, 3G.3. 

 Lycodontis longicaudata, 3I'Cle/l. Calc. Jourii. Nat. Hist. v. p. 187. 



pi. 8. fig. 2. ^ 

 Strophidon longicaudata, M'Clell. I. c. p. 21.5. 

 Murffina sathete, Pichairls. Voy. Ereh. i^- Terr. Ichth. p. 91 : Cavt. 



Mai. Fish. p. .331. 

 Thyrsoidea sathete, Kaup, Apod. p. 8G (cop. from Richards.). 



Maxillary, vomerine, and anterior onandilmJarij teeth hiserial, the 

 others uniserial. Canines but little larger than the others. Snout of 



