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Gymnothorax philippinus Jordan & Seale, but seems to have a heavier body, less 

 pointed tail, and darker chin and belly. The markings on the sides of the tail are 

 obscured in the specimen. 



69. Gymnothorax melanospilos (Bleeker). (Plate LXVII, lower figure.) 



Head 6.9 in total length, 2.5 in trunk; head and trunk equal in length to tail ; 

 depth 2 in head ; snout 5.75 in head, much compressed, its width in front of eyes 

 hardly more than one-third width of head ; eye small, 12 in head, 2 in snout. 



Body rather slender, the tail tapering but the tip rounded rather than pointed ; 

 mouth large, the eve midway between its angle and tip of snout ; teeth in single 

 series ; two depressible canines in upper jaw ; gill-of>ening a little longer than eye ; 

 dorsal inserted half way between gill-opening and eye, its height apparently a little 

 less than half the depth of the body; anal low. 



Ground color in spirits light purplish brown, considerably paler on chin and 

 fore part of belly ; body and fins everywhere covered with roundish or elongate 

 (when double) black spots, as a rule a little larger than eye, and when confluent or 

 double oftenest arranged longitudinally ; there are evident on the tail three more 

 or less distinct longitudinal rows of the larger spots, and a row of smaller ones along 

 the base of the anal ; the spots on the trunk and head are not in distinct rows, 

 though about four or five rows might be surmised as the basis of the pattern ; the 

 spots on chin, cheeks, and snout are distinct, but smaller and more irregular in form 

 than those on the binder part of the head and on the tail and body ; on the neck 

 underneath the gill-opening are about five narrow blackish longitudinal streaks, 

 coinciding with cuticular creases ; the dorsal has a basal and a marginal row of 

 spots like those of the body, while the anal has one row of such spots ; the edge of 

 both dorsal and anal is pale between the black spots, but there is not a continuous 

 pale edge, except at tip. (Dr. Gunther, who had Bleeker's type, says G. nu lanospilos 

 has fins with a narrow whitish edge.) 



Tins species seems scarcely different from Gymnothorax pescaduris Jordan & 

 Evermann, except in coloration (spots on head and tail larger). The width of the 

 snout is not stated in the original description of that species. The very much com- 

 pressed snout of our specimen (agreeing with Giinther's statement about G. melano- 

 spilos) is very striking. 



70. Gymnothorax leucostigma sp. nov. (Plate LXVII I.) 



Head 6.6 in length, 2.05 in trunk, 3.6 in tail ; tail about i head's length longer 

 than head and trunk ; depth 1.7 in head ; snout 5.5 ; eye 11.5. 



Body rather heavy and short, tail pointed ; occipital region elevated, the de- 



