106 MUKiENIDJE. 



head is contained tivice and one-third in that of the trunk. Body 

 with about 16 black cross bands, tvhich are rather broader than the 

 interspaces ; their ventral portion is well defined, but the dorsal half 

 is more diffuse, whilst the part on the dorsal fin is again well marked. 

 The first distinct ventral band is behind the gill-opening, whilst the 

 head and the back are closely spotted and dotted with brotvn. 

 China; Japan, 



a. Thirteen inches long. China Seas. Presented by Sir J. Rich- 



ardson. 



b. Half-grown. Japan. From Dr. Bleeker's Collection. 



Bleeker erroneously refers Bloch's G. reticularis to the preceding 

 species. Our examples agree very well with the figure given by 

 Bloch, which is very accurate. 



19. MursBna pimctato-fasciata. 



Mursena catenata, Bleek, Act. Soc. Ind.-Neerl. i. Amboyna, p. 66 (not 



synon.). 

 Gymnothorax piinctato-fasciatus, Bleek. Atl. Ichth.Mur. p. 99, tab. 31. 



fig. 4. 



Teeth uniserial; mandibulary teeth 16-17; canines very small; 

 the mouth can be shut completely. Anterior nasal tubes very short. 

 Width of the gill-opening rather more than that of the eye. Snout 

 scarcely compressed, short ; eye of moderate size, two-thirds of the 

 length of the snout, situated somewhat nearer to the angle of the 

 mouth than to the end of the snout. Cleft of the mouth of mode- 

 rate width, one-third of the length of the head. Tail longer than 

 the body ; the length of the Kead is one-third, or a little less ilian one- 

 third, of that of the trunk. Body with from 28 to 33 irregular more 

 or less complete brown rings. Head and the interspaces between the 

 bands closely dotted and spotted with broivn. 



East-Indian archipelago. 



a. Adult. Amboyna. From Dr. Bleeker's Collection. Type of the 



species. 

 b-c. Adidt and young, Amboyna. Pivrchased of Mr. Frank. 

 d-e. Adult. From the Collection of Dr. van Lidth de Jeude. 



c. topecies ornamented by well-defined polygonal or round black spots. 



20. Mursena tessellsTta. 

 ? Gymnothorax favagineus, Bl. Schn. p. 525, tab. 105. 

 ? Mursena favaginea, Cuv. R^gne Anirn. 

 Thaerodontis reticulata, M^Clell. Calc. Journ. Nat. Hist. v. 1845, 



pp. 188, 216, pi. 7. fig. i (not Bl. Schn.). 

 Murjena tessellata, Richards. Ichth. Sidph. p. 109, pi. 55. figs. 5-8 ; 



and Ereb. 8f Terr. Fish. p. 88; Bkek. Nat. Tydschr. Ned. Bid. v. 



p. 530, or Verh. Bat. Gen. xxv. Mtirten. p. 74. 

 isingteena, Richards. Ichth. Sulph. p. 108, pi. 48. fig. 1 ; and 



Ereh. ^- Terr. Fish. p. 86. 



python, Kaup, Ajyod. p. 08, fig. 52. 



lavaginea, Kaup, Apod. p. 68, fig. 53. 



