42 mfujenip.'e. 



small pores, much crowded, and ajipcariiig like pinholes. Snout 

 short and rounded ; uppiT jaw pcaicely longer than the lower. 

 Uape scarcely reaching beyond a vertical from the anterior jjart of 

 the eye. Dorsal fin comnuMicing above tlie pectorals. Tail much 

 longer than body. Sides very regularly banded with fourteen or 

 fifteen transverse reddish-brown fascia^, exteuding on to the dorsal 

 fin. (Jcni/)is.) 



Eeaglc Channel (Tierra del Fucgo). 



Three and i> (]uarter inches long. 



3. Congromurssna anago. 



Conger anago, Schley. Faini. Japou. foi'<s. p. 250, pi. 11;!. Jig. I (:i) ; 



J>/v(/i. Vcrli. Bat. dm. xxv. X(drz. Jdjian, \i. n'J. 

 aiiairuides, llUcl,-. I. c. Mnr. \^. 7(), or Xat. Tiiih. XaL hid. vi. 



p. 112." 

 Opliisonia anagoidcs, lihik. Atl. lehtJi. Mnr. p. 27 ; Kncr, Xonini, 



Finch. }). '.j7o. 

 (\iiigromm";eiia anngoidcs, Bhcl: I. c. pi. 5. tig. o. 



Lips moderately developed ; the cleft of the month extends nearly 

 to below the middle of the C3T. Tail but little longer than the 

 body. Dorsal tin beginning above or innnediately behind tlu- gill- 

 opening. Vertical fins with a blackish margin. 



Japan ; East-Indian archipelago. 



a, Ji-c. Adult (221 inches long) and half-grown. Japan. 

 d. Young. Amboyua. Purchased of Hr. Frank. 

 c. Half-grown. East-Indian archipelago. From Dr. Dleeker's Col- 

 lection. — Type of C. anar/oides. 



4. Cougromuraena mellissii. 



Lips thin. Snout short, equal in length to the eye, which is 

 one-fifth of the length of the head ; Kj^tpcr Jaw but slii/Jidi/ projectiiuj 

 beyond die Ivivcr. Anti'rior nostril in a very short tube ; i)osti'rior 

 nostril pore-like, opjjosite to the middle of the ijye. Cleft of die 

 moi'lJi r.rtcndi));/ iicctrlj/ to bcloiu die middle of the eijc. Teetli in 

 rather narrow baiuls, fijiely villiform ; the vomerine band reaching 

 to the vertical from the front margin of the eye. The length of the 

 Lead is contained once and two- thirds in that of the trunk ; tail 

 rather lone/er than the hodij. Dorsal Jin bt(jinniii(j iminedtattlij in 

 front of the (jdl-oinnintj. Greyish; vertical fins with a narrow 

 black edge. 



St. llelona. 

 a. Fine specimen, 17 inches long. I'rcscnted by J. C. Melliss, Esq. 



5, Congromuraeua liabenata. 



Congrus liabcnatiis, liicliareh. Ichtli. Enh. S,- Tnr. p. 105), pi. oO. 



iigs. 1-5. 

 CoDgernmrfena liabenata, lump, Apod. p. 108, lig. 72 (copied irnni 



litchardtion). 

 ■'' ( )})hi.siini!i liabeuatub, Kinr, Novara, Fi.-ich. p. ."71, taf 1.". iig. 2 



