24. MUR-ENA. 1 ] .') 



irregular ovate or transverse darker spots. Fins without li<?lii 

 margin. 

 Ternate. 



a. Type of the species, 258 millims. long. From Dr. Bleekor's 

 Collection. 



36. Mursena anatina. 

 Lowe, Trails. Zool. Soc. ii. p. 192. 



Teeth irregularly biserial, the inner series composed of long, 

 slender teeth ; vomerine teeth uniserial. The jaws cannot be shut. 

 Snout produced, narrotu, suhspatulate ; eye of moderate size, two- 

 fifths of the length of the snout, nearer to the end of the snout than 

 to the angle of the mouth. Nasal tubes short. Cleft of the mouth 

 exceedingly ivide, rather more than one-half of the lenc/th of the head 

 Gill-opening narrower than the eye. Dorsal fin rather low. Tail 

 rather longer than the body ; the length of the head is a little less 

 than one-half of that of the trunk. Brownish black, with small, 

 irregular, pale greyish spots in moderate number, and longitu- 

 dinally arranged ; the largest are sometimes twice the size of tlic 

 eye, the smallest mere dots ; each spot is again marbled with dorkiM- 

 Head brownish yellow, with indistinct yellowish dots above. 



Madeira. 



a. Presented by Th. Moore, Esq. 



37. Muraena sanctae helenae. 



Allied to M. anatina. 



Teeth irregularly biserial, the inner series composed of Ions,-, 

 slender teeth ; vomerine teeth uniserial. The jaws cannot be shut 

 completely. Snout rather produced and narrow; eye rather small, 

 two-fifths of the length of the snout, above the middle of the gajje. 

 Anterior nasal tubes shorter than the vertical diameter of the eye. 

 Cleft of the mouth wide^ its lenr/th being contained twice and one- 

 fourth in that of the head. Gill-opening as wide as the eye. The 

 dorsal ^n begins somewhat in advance of the gill-opening, and is 

 moderately developed. Tail longer than the body ; the length of 

 the head is two-fifths of that of the trunk. Brownish black, with 

 numerous rather irregular pale greyish spots ; the largest are aboul 

 of the size of the eye, the smallest mere dots ; each spot is- agniii 

 marbled with darker ; the smaller and larger spots are mixed witl) 

 each other. 



St. Helena. 



a. Fine specimen. Presented by J. C. Melliss, Esq. 



38. Murjena irregularis. 

 Thyrsoidea irregularis, Kaup, Apod. p. 95. 

 Intermaxillary, maxillary, and vomerine teeth biserial. Brown, 

 with large black spots irregularly dispersed over the body ; fins 

 yellowish. {Kaup.) 

 Brazils. 



