24. MURJJNA. 121 



of the snout, situated a little nearer to the angle of the mouth 

 than to the end of the snout. Cleft of the mouth very wide, two- 

 fifths of the length of the head. Gill-opening a little wider than 

 the eye. Tail as long as, or somewhat longer than, the body. The 

 length of the head is one-half, or a little less than one-half, of that 

 of the trunk. The entire fish with innumerable confluent, irregular, 

 brownish-black spots separated by a fine network of the white 

 ground-colour. Each pore of the lower jaw generally situated in a 

 round white spot. Fins without white margin. In young examples 

 the black spots are larger and less in number. 



Vert. 65/79. 



Tropical parts of the Atlantic. 



a, b. Adult and half-grown. Euhia. From Dr. Wucherer's Col- 

 lection. 



c. Half-grown. Cuba. Purchased of Mr. Scrivener. 



d. Adult : stufted. West Indies. From the Haslar Collectioiu 



e. Several skins. Jamaica. 

 /. Half-grown. Jamaica. 



g. Half-grown. Dominica. Purchased of Mr. Cutter. 



h, i. Adult. St. Croix. Purchased of Mr. Stevens. 



k. Adult. Island of Bonacca. Collected by Mr. Macgillivray. 



l,m. Adult and half-grown. St. Helena. Presented by J. C. 



Melliss, Esq. 

 n, 0. Adult and half-grown. From the Collection of Dr. van Lidth 



de Jeude. 

 p. Adult : skeleton. From the Collection of Dr. van Lidth de Jeude 



47. Mursena vicina. 



Murenophis viciua, Casteln. An. Ainer. Sud, Poiss. p. 81, pi. 42. 



fig. 4. 

 caramuru, Casteln. I. c. p. 82, pi. 43. fig. 1. 



Teeth uniserial, sometimes an additional tooth or two forming an 

 inner maxillary series ; mandibulary teeth about nineteen on each 

 side ; canines strong, but the mouth can be shut completely. Gill- 

 openings narrower than the eye. Snout produced, twice as long as 

 the eye, which is large. Cleft of the mouth wide, its length being 

 contained twice and one-fourth in that of the head. Tail longer 

 than the body. The length of the head is contained from once and 

 three-fourths to twice and one-haK in that of the trunk. Olive- 

 coloured, densely and rather finely marbled with brown, the brown 

 coloration being by far the more prominent, and nearly entirely 

 suppressing the ground-colour, which appears in irregular vermicu- 

 lated lines or small spots. Angle of the mouth brown ; fins with a 

 distinct white margin ; gill-opening without brown spot. 



Bahia. 



(I, h. Adult. Bahia. From Dr. Wucherer's Collection. 



