24. MUR^NA. 109 



d, e. Adult. East-Indian archipelago. From the Collection of Dr. 

 van Lidth de Jeude. 



/, Young. Port Essington. From the Haslar Collection. 



g. Half-grown ; type of the species. Mauritius. From the Collec- 

 tion of the Zoological Society. 



h. Half-grown. Presented by Sir A. Smith. 



24. Mursena microspila. 



Gymnothorax bullatus, Blcek. Atl. Ichth. Mur. p. 91, pi. 27. fig. 2 (3 

 on plate), pi. 43. fig. 3 (not synonymy). 



Teeth uniserial, without basal lobe ; there are about 20 on each 

 side of the mandible. Canines rather small, the jaws shutting 

 completely. The length of the anterior nasal tubes is nearly equal 

 to the vertical diameter of the eye. Gill-opening as wide as the 

 eye. Snout rather narrow and produced ; eye small, two-fifths of 

 the length of the snout, situated above the middle of the cleft of the 

 mouth, which is wide, contained twice and one-sixth in the length 

 of the head. Tail as long as the body ; the length of the head is con- 

 tained tivice ami two-thirds in that of the trunlc. Body and tail with 

 two or three longitudinal series of round black spots, those of the 

 dorsal series being much larger than, and those of the middle series 

 about as large as, the eye. Head nearly immaculate ; fins ivithout 

 ivhite margin. 



East-Indian archipelago. 



a. One of the typical examples of Bleeker's Murctna bullata. 



25. Mursena melanospila. 



Muraena melanospilos, Bleek. Xat. Tydschr. Ned. Ind. ix. p. 279. 



Gymnothorax melanospilos, Bleek. Atl. Ichth. Mur. p. 90, pi. 42. 

 # fig- 1. 



Teeth uniserial, without basal lobe; there are about 19 on each 

 side of the mandible. Canines much larger than the other teeth, 

 and the jaws do not shut. Anterior nasal tubes very short. GUI- 

 opening wider than the eye. Snout short and compressed ; eye smcdl, 

 one-half of the length of the snout, situated above the middle of the 

 cleft of the mouth, the length of which is contained twice and two- 

 thirds in that of the head. Tail a little longer than the body ; the 

 length of the head is one-third of that of the trunk. Broivn, body 

 and tail with round or ovcd black spots, generally larger than the eye, 

 and longitudinally arranged. Spots on the head much the smallest. 

 Fins with a narrow whitish edge. 

 Sumatra and Booro. 



a. Type of the species. From Dr. Bleeker's Collection. 



26. Muraena polyophthalmus. 



Muraena polyophthalmus, Bleek. Act. Soe. Sc. Indo-Ncerl. iii. Celebes, 

 X. p. 15. 



