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MURJJNlDiB. 



a. Type of M. tristis, 15 inches long. River Niger. Collected by- 

 Mr. Fraser, 



h. Type of M. lineopinnis, 22 inches long. Puerto Caballo. Pur- 

 chased of Mr. Brandt. 



c-g. Adult and young : skins. Jamaica. Purchased of Mr. Par- 

 neU. 



h. .Half-grown. Island of Grenada. Purchased of Mr. Cutter. 



i. Type of'ilf. monochrous. East-Indian archipelago. From Dr. 

 Bleeker's Collection. 



1c. Type of M. boschii, young. Sumatra. From Dr. Bleeker's Col- 

 lection. 



Z, m. Adult and half-grown. Port Essington. From the Haslar 

 Collection. 



n. Large specimen. Sydney. Presented by G. KrefFb, Esq. 



0. Half-grown : stuffed. Australia. — Type of M. prasinu. 



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



53. Murasna aterrima. 



Thyrsoidea atenima, Kaup, Aale Hamburg. Mus. p. 22. 



Taeniophis aterrima, Kaup, I. c. tab. 3. fig. 1. 



? Gymnothorax atemmus, Bleek. Ned. Tyds. Dierk. ii. p. 244. 



Closely allied to M. afra, but with a smaller eye. 



Teeth uniserial, except those on the vomer, which are more or 

 less distinctly biserial ; in young examples two or three inner 

 maxillary teeth. Canines rather small. Gill-opening rather wider 

 than the eye, which is small, less than one-half of the length of the 

 snout. Snout of moderate length ; cleft of the mouth moderately 

 wide, its length being contained twice and three-fourths in that of 

 the head. Tail rather longer than the body ; the length of the head 

 is contained twice and one-third in that of the trunk. Entirely 

 uniform black. 



West Indies ; Atlantic coast of Central America. 



a. Half-grown. Dominica. Purchased. 



54. Muraena maculipinnis. 



Thyrsoidea maculipinnis, Kaup, Apod. p. 83 ; Dumei-il, Arch. Mus. 

 X. p. 260, pi. 28. fig. 1 ; Bkek. Verh. Boll. Maatsch. Haarlem, 1862, 

 Guinee, p. 129, tab. 27 (coloration after a specimen preserved in 

 spirits) ; Troschel, Wiegm. Arch. 1866, p. 237. 



connura, Kaup, Aale Hamburg. Mus. p. 23. 



Taeniophis cormura, Kaup, I. c. tab. 3. fig. 2. 



Thyrsoidea marginata, Kaup, I. c. p. 24. 



Taeniophis marginata, Kaup, I. c. tab. 4. fig. 1. 



? Gymnothorax funebris, Bleek. Ned. Tyds. Dierk. ii. p. 245. 



Teeth uniserial, sometimes an additional inner maxillary tooth ; 

 mandible with about 22 teeth on each side ; canines well developed, 

 but the jaws can be shut nearly completely. Qill-opening narrower 

 than the eye. Snout narrow, produced, pointed ; twice as long as 

 the eye^ which is large. Cleft of the mouth wide, contained twice 



