24. MUR.ENA. 131 



Gymnothorax catenatus, Til. Ausl. Fisch. xii. p. 84, taf. 415. fig. 1 ; 



Bl Schn. p. 628. 

 Murenophis catenula, LacSp. v. pp. 628, 641. 

 Mursena sordida, Cuv. Rb(jne Amm. 



Murtena catenata, Richards. Toy. Ereh. Sf Terr. Fish. p. 95. 

 Poecilophis catenatus, Kaup, Apod.^. 100 (cop. Richards.). 

 Muraena alusis, Bleek. Act. Soc. Sc. Lid.-Neerl. Ainboynu, p. 67. 

 Echidna catenata, Bkek. Ned. Tyds. Dierk. ii. p. 242. 



■ fuscomaculata, Poey, Repert. Fis.-nai. Cuba, ii. p. 263. 



flavofasciata, Poey, I, c. p. 264. 



Teeth obtuse, molar-like ; those of the maxillary in a double 

 series, conical and pointed. Yellowish, with large black spots ; the 

 spots are generally so large that the ground-colour appears merely 

 as a network of more or less narrow whitish lines. 



Vert. 65/51. 



Atlantic coasts of Tropical America. 



a, h. Adult and half- grown. Surinam. From the Collection of Dr. 

 van Lidth de Jeude. 



c. Adult. Puerto Cabello. Purchased of Hr. Brandt. 



d. Adult. Trinidad. Presented by J. B. Jukes, Esq. 

 e-f. Adult. Dominica. Purchased of Mr. Cutter. 



g. Adult. St. Croix. Purchased. 



Ji-i. Adult and half-grown. Barbadoes. Purchased of Mr. Cutter. 



Ic. Adult. Old Collection. 



I. Adult : stuffed. 



m. Young. Presented by Sir A. Smith. 



n. Adult : skeleton. Barbadoes. Purchased of Mr. Cutter. 



70. Mursena xanthospila. 



Mursena xanthospilos, Blcek. Nat. Tyds. Ned. Ind. xix. p. 348. 

 Poecilophis omata, Kaup, Aale Hamhury. Miis. p. 28, tab. 5. 

 Echidna xanthospilus, Bleek. Atl. Ichth. Mm: p. 79, pi. 23. tig. 1. 



Teeth obtuse, molar-like ; maxillary teeth in a single scries 

 Tail shorter than the body. The dorsal fin begins in advance of the 

 gill-opening. Brown, with white or yellow ocelli, which are much 

 larger than the eye, and largest and of irregular form on the ab- 

 domen. 



East-Indian archipelago. 



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



71. Muriena lecomtii. 



Poecilophis lecomtei, Kaup, Apod. p. 103; I>umSnl, Arch. Mvs. x. 

 pi. 23. fig. 2. 



Teeth obtuse, molar-like ; maxilLary teeth biserial, those of the 

 inner series more pointed. TaU a little shorter than the body. The 

 dorsal begins behind the gill-openiug. Dark brown, with white 

 ocelli, about as large as th(! eye, and arranged in transverse series. 



Gaboon. 



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