130 MURiENIDJE. 



e. Ten and a half inches long. East-Indian archipelago. From 



Dr. Bleeker's Collection. 

 /. Two and a half inches long. Timor-Kupaug. From Dr. IJlee- 



ker's Collection. Tyjic of M. dizona. 



68. Muraena nebulosa. 



Scba, ii. tab. 69. figs. 1, 17. 



Murrena nebulosa, AM, De Mur. et Ophichth. p. 5, tab. 1. fig. 2. 



Gymuothorax nebulosus, Bl. Schn. p. 528. 



ecliidna, Bl. Schn. p. 526, 



Echidna variegata, Forst. Descr. An. ed. Licht. p. 181 ; B/eck. Ail. 



Ichth. Mm: p. 80, tab. 24. fig. 2. 

 Mura?na ophis, liiipp. Atlas, FkcJie, p. 116, taf. 29. fig. 2 ; Ricltards. 



Voii. Ereh. cS- Tin: FM. p. 9:). 

 Thnerodontis ophis, ]\rCIeU. Ciilc. Journ. Nat. Hist. v. p. 217. 

 Muroena variegata, RicJuirds. Voy. Ereh. &)• Ten: Fish. p. 94, pi. 47. 



figs. 11-16; Bleek. Nat. Tyds. Ned. Lid. iii. p. 295 ; or Verh. Bat. 



Gen. XXV. Mia: p. 47 ; Peters, Wiegm. Arch. 18o.'5, p. 270. 

 Poecilophis variegata, Kaup, Apod. p. 98, tab. 13. tig. (J7 ; Kner, 



Novava, Fisch. p. 381. 



Teeth obtuse, molar-like. Yellowish, with fine vermicnlated 

 black lines, and two series of large black spots, the upper running 

 along the side of the back, the lower along the lower half of the 

 body ; each spot includes one or more white spots ; more or less 

 regular black bands across the abdomen connecting the spots of the 

 lower scries. The black spots are sometimes reduced to star-like 

 figures. 



Vert. 65/57. 



Indian and Pacific Oceans. 



a. Adult. Port Natal. Purchased of Mr. Th. Ayres. 



h-d. Adult, half-grown, and young. Zanzibar. From Dr. Kirk's 

 Collection. 



e. Adult, in bad state. Madagascar. Presented by Dr. J. E. Gray. 



/. Adult. Seychelles. Presented by Lieut. -Col. Playfair. 



g. Adult. India. Presented by General Hardwicke. 



h, i, h. Adult and half-grown. Moluccas. 



l-m. Adult. Amboyna. Purchased of Mr. Frank. 



n. Adult. Macassar. Presented by Mr. Barclay. 



0. Adult. Siam. Purchased of Mr. Jamrach. 



J). Young. China Seas. Presented by Vice-Admiral Sir E. Bel- 

 cher. 



q, r-s. Half-grown and young. Feejee Islands. 



t. Adult. Trinity Bay. Presented by Mrs. Stanley. 



u. Half- grown. New Holland. 



i;, w, x-y. Adult and half-grown. 



z. Adult : skeleton. From Mr. Stokes's Collection. 



69. Muraena catenata. 



Seha, ii. p. 72, tab. 69. figs. 4 & 5 ; Hontf. Nat. Hist. i. 7. p. 85, tab. 67. 

 fig. 2. 



