24. MUK.ENA. 129 



(iyninotliorax zehra, III. Schn. p. 528. 



(iymiioiiiuiwiia doliata, Lacfp. v. pp. 048, 049, pi. 19. fig. 4. 

 Muriena iiioleiuliiiaris, liciniett, I'ruc. Zool. <S'oc. i. 18.')3, p. 82. 

 Miirjcna zobra, Blvck. Xiil. Tyds. Ned. hid. xiii. p. 80 ; and Act. Sue. 



Sc. Indo-Neerl. ii. Amhoyna, viii. p. 93. 

 Gyimiomurneua fasoiata, Kaup, Apod. p. 103, fig. 09 *. 

 Ecliidiia zebra, Blcek. Atl. Ichthijol. Mtir. p. 81, pi. 27. fig. 1. 



Jaws armed with plates or bands of obtuse molars. Tail only 

 lialf as long as tho trunk. Fins hidden below the skin. Elackish 

 bro-wn, surrounded by very numerous (30-1 00) narrow, white, dark- 

 edged rings. The rings are the less regular and complete the more 

 numerous they are. 



Vert. 97/38. 



Indian archipelago ; Pacific. 



(I. Typo of the species, 29 inches long. Sumatra. Presented by 



the Royal College of Surgeons. 

 h. Half-grown. Sumatra. From the Collection of Sir T. S. llaffles. 



c. Young, 14 inches long. Amboyna. Purchased of Hr. Frank. 



d. Half-grown. East-Indian archipelago. From Dr. Blocker's 



Collection. 



e. Adult. Samoa Islands. From the Collection of Messrs. Godef- 



froy. 

 /. Type of M. mohmdinaris, Benn., and G.fasciata, Kaup, 50 inches 



long. Mauritius. From the Collection of the Zoologicnl 



Society. 

 (/. Adult: skeleton. Seych die Islands. Presented by Professor E. 



Perceval Wright (var. molendinarls). 



07. Murseua polyzona. 



Murrena polyzonn, liichards. Vol/. Sidph. Zool. p. 112, pi. 55. figs. 11- 

 14, and Vvij. Ereh. if Terr. Fish. p. 95 j Bleek. Act. Sue. Sc. Indo- 

 Neci'l. Manndo, p. 73. 



dizoim, Bleek. JS'at. Ti/ds. Ked. Lid. xxii. p. 200. 



Pa^cilopliis polyzonus, Kaup, Apod.^. 101 (copied from liicfiardison); 

 Kner, Novara, Fischc, p. 382. 



Echidna polyzona, Bkek. Atl. Ichth. Jli/r. p. 81, pi. 24. fig. 3. 



Jaws armed with bands of obtuse molars; maxillary teeth obtusely 

 conical. Tail as long as the body. Fins distinct. Blackish brown, 

 surrounded by rather numerous (26-29) narrow whitisli rings, widen- 

 ing on the abdomen. 



East-Indian archipelago. 



a. Typo of the species, 9| inches long. Presented by Sir J. Pich- 



ardson. 

 h. Ten inches long. From the Haslar Collection. 

 e, d. Nine inches long. 



* Hr. Kaiip's nc(|u;\iiitiiiKO with tin- literature of the Apodal Fishes was verv 

 limited. In this inslaiici' ho actiially proposes a new name for the identieal 

 speeinu"! whicli was tho typo of Uonno'lt s .V. moUndinari.<. 



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