24. MDll.ENA. 131 



(ij'ninotliorax catenatus, Bl. Aiixl. Fisch. xii. p. 84, taf. 41.'5. fig. 1 ; 



m. Schn. p. 528. 

 Murenophis catenula, Lacep. v. pp. 628, 641. 

 MurtBiia sordida, Can. Kc(/?w Airim. 



Murrena catenata, Itichardx. Voy. Ercb. cS'- Terr. Fish. p. 95. 

 Pcecilopliis catenatus, Kuup, Apod. yi. 100 (cop. liichards.). 

 Murojiia alusis, 2ikck. Act. 8oc. Sc. Ind.-Neerl. Ainboytia, p. 07. 

 Ecliidna cateuata, Bkek. Ned. Tyds. Dierk. ii. p. 242. 



fuscomaculata, Poey, liepert. Fis.-nal. Cuba, ii. p. 2G3. 



flavofasciata, Poey, I. c. p. 204. 



Teeth obtuse, molar-like ; those of the maxiUaiy in a double 

 series, conical and pointed. Yellowish, with lar<^e black .spots ; the 

 spots are generally so large that the ground-colour appears merely 

 as a network of more or less narrow whitish lines. 



Vert. G5/51. 



Atlantic coasts of Tropical America. 



a, h. Adult and half-grown. Surinam. From the Collection of Dr. 

 van Lidth de Jeude. 



c. Adult. Puerto Cabello. Purchased of Hr. Brandt. 



d. Adult. Trinidad. Presented by J. B. Jukes, E.sq. 

 e-f. Adult. Dominica. Purchased of Mr. Cutter. 



(/. Adult. St. Croix. Purchased. 



h-i. Adult and half-grown. Barbadoes. Purchased of Mr. Cutter. 



/.-. Adult. Old Collection. 



1. Adult: stuffed. 



m. Young. Presented by Sir A. Smith. 



n. Adult : skeleton. Barbadoes. Purchased of Mr. Cutter. 



70. Muraena xanthospila. 



Mm'ajna xanthospilos, Bhek. Xdt. Tyds. Xcd. Iiul. xix. p. 348. 

 Pwcilophis ornata, Kaup, Aalr Jlinnbnry. Mns, p. 28, tab. 5. 

 Echidna xautliospilus, Blcck. All. Rhth. Mm: p. 79, pi. 23. fig. 1. 



Teeth obtuse, molar-like : maxillary teeth in a single series. 

 Tail sliortcr than the bodj*. Tlie dorsal fin begins in advance of the 

 gill-opening. Brown, Anfh wliite or yellow ocelli, which are much 

 larger than the eye, and largest and of irregular form on the ab- 

 domen. 



East-Indian archipelago. 

 n. Type of the species. Java. From Dr. Blocker's Collection. 



71. Miiraena lecomtii. 



Ptecilopliis lecomtei, Kuup, Apod. p. 103; Du»ieril, Arch. Mii.s. x. 

 pi. 23. fig. 2. 



Teetli obtuse, molar-like ; maxillary teeth biserial, tliose of the 

 inner series more [lointed. Tail a little sliorter than the body. The 

 dorsal begins behind the gill-opening. Dark l)rown. witli wliito 

 opolli, about as large as the eye, and arranged in t ran.sver.se series. 



Gaboon. 



