130 MunjENin.'E. 



e. Ten and a half inches long. East-Indian archipelago. From 

 Dr. Eleeker's Collection. 



/. Two and a half inches long. Timor-Kupang. From Dr. Elee- 

 ker's Collection. Type of M. dizona. 



68. Muraena nebulosa. 



Seba, ii. tab. 69. figs. 1, 17. 



Murpena nebulosa, AM, De Mur. et Ophichth. p. 5, tab. 1 . fig. 2. 



Gymnothorax nebulosus, Bl. Schn. p. 528. 



echidna, lil. Schn. p. 526. 



Echidna variegata, Furst. Descr. An. ed. Licht, p. 181 ; Bleek. All. 



Ichth. Mur. p. 80, tab. 24. fig. 2. 

 Murcena ophis, lii'qyp. Atlas, Fische, p. 116, taf. 29. fig. 2 ; liichard.<i. 



Vol/. Ereb. ^ Terr. Fis7i. p. 93. 

 Thnsrodontis ophis, M'Clell. Calc. Journ. Nat. Hist. v. p. 217. 

 Muriena variegata, Richards. Voy. Ereb. ^ Terr. Fish. p. 94, pi. 47. 



figs. 11-16; Bleek. Nat. Tyds. Ned. Lid. iii. p. 295 ; or Verh. Bat. 



Gen. XXV. Mur. p. 47; Peters, Wiegm. Arch. 1855, p. 270. 

 Poecilopliis variegata, Kaup, Apod. p. 98, tab. 13. fig. 07 ; Kner, 



Novara, Fisch. p. 381. 



Teeth obtuse, molar-like. Yellowish, with fine vermiculated 

 black lines, and two series of large black spots, the upper running 

 along the side of the back, the lower along the lower half of the 

 body ; each spot includes one or more white spots ; more or less 

 regular black bands across the abdomen connecting the spots of the 

 lower series. The black spots are sometimes reduced to star-like 

 figures. 



Vert.. 65/57. 



Indian and Pacific Oceans. 



a. Adult. Port Natal. Purchased of Mr. Th. Ayres. 



b-d. Adult, half-grown, and young. Zanzibar. From Dr. Kirk's 

 Collection. 



e. Adult, in bad state. Madagascar. Presented by Dr. J. E. Gray. 



/. Adult. Seychelles. Presented by Lieut. -Col. Playfair. 



g. Adult. India. Presented by General Hardwicke. 



h, i, Jc. Adult and half-grown. Moluccas. 



'— )». Adult. Amboyna. Purchased of Mr. Frank. 



n. Adult. Macassar. Presented by Mr. Barclay. 



0. Adult. Siam. Purchased of Mr. Jamrach. 



p. Young. China Seas. Presented by Vice-Admiral Sir E. Bel- 

 cher. 



q, rs. Half-grown and young. Feejee Islands. 



t. Adult. Trinity Bay. Presented by Mrs. Stanley. 



u. Half-groTST]. New Holland. 



V, w, x-y. Adult and half-grown. 



z. Adult : skeleton. From Mr. Stokes's Collection. 



60. Muraena catenata. 



Seba, ii. p. 72, tab. 69. fig.s. 4 & 5 ; Houtf. Nat. Hist. i. 7. p. 85, tab. 57. 

 fig. 2. 



