1 28 MirR.ENID^. 



length of the head is about one-tenth or one-twelfth of the total, 

 and ouo-third of that of the trunk, ^[axillary and mandibular)' 

 teeth biserial ; canines but little developed. F.ye of moderate size, 

 at least one-half of the length of the snout, and much nearer to the 

 end of the snout than to the angle of the mouth. Snout rather ob- 

 tuse ; cleft of the mouth very wide, one-third of the length of the 

 head. Gill-opening rather wider than the eye. Uniform blackish 

 brown. 



Indian Ocean and archipelago. 



a. Forty-six inches long. Port Natal. From Mr. Ayres's Col- 



lection. 



b. Skin, ten feet long. Ceylon. Presented by — Nimmo, Esq. 



c. Large specimen : stuffed. Indian Ocean. Presented by T. C. 



Jerdon, Esq. 



d. Large specimen. Java. From Dr. Bleeker's Collection. — Type 



of the species. 



e. Skin, in spirits, 9 feet long. Presented by Sir A. Smith. 



4. Exceedimily dmigate, thi' tail hi'iiiij nvarh/ as lonr/ as the hort;/. 



04. Miirsena brmnmeri. 



Murfeua brunimeii, Bleek. Nat. Ti/ds. Ned. Ind. x^^i. p. 1?>7. 

 Strophidon brunimeri, Week. Atl.' lehfh. Mm: p. 109. 

 Pseudecliidna brummeri, Bleek. 1. c. pi. 18. fig. 1. 



Body and tail very slender, the length of the head being one-sixth 

 of that of the trunk ; tail a little longer than the body. Teeth uni- 

 serial. Dorsal fin rather elevated, more than half as high as the 

 body. Uniform brownish olive, head with brown dots, fins with a 

 white margin. 



Timor, Ceram. 

 a. Type of the species. Timor. From Dr. Bleeker's Collection. 



65. Muraena polyodon. 



Strophidon polvodon, Bleek. Ned. Ti/ds. Dierk. ii. p. 47; or Atl. 

 Ichth. Mur. p. 109, pi. 19. fig. 3. 



Body and tail very slender, the length of the head being one-sixth 

 of that of the trunk ; tail longer than the body. Maxillary and an- 

 terior mandibulary teeth biserial. Dorsal fin moderately developed, 

 not half as high as the body. Uniform brownish olive, head with 

 brown dots, fins with a white margin. 



Amboyna. 

 a. Type of the species. From Dr. Bleeker's Collection. 



II. Most of the teeth are obtuse, molar-like: Pcecilophis. 



66. Mursena zebra. 



? Seha, ii. p. 72, tab. 70. fig. 1 ; ii. p. 73, tab. 70. fig. 3. 

 Gymnomurseua zel^ra, Shaiii, Zool. Misc. p. 101 ; Richards. Toy. Ereh. 

 8f Terr. Fish. p. 9o (copied by Kaup, Apod. p. 104, tig. 70). 



