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2. A. LYXA. 



The Cluinnel Cat. 



Tlio head, wliic'.h is Ioniser than hroad, i'oruis a litllo k'ss 

 tiiau the luurth of the total lent^th. The upper jaw is soine- 

 wha.t k)iii>;er tliaii tlie h>\ver one. 'J'iie eyes ui'c ratlier ]ar;:ie, 

 llivii" diameter lieinii' contained seveii limes in tlie h'nu,tli of 

 tlu' side of the head, and i'"i!i' times and a lialf Jieross the in- 

 teroeuUir space. The anterioi- margin of the dorsal tin is equi- 

 distant hetweon the apex of the snout and the origin of tlie 

 ;!di[)ose. Tlie ]iosteri(»r edge of the caudal is moderately 

 emarginated: the hn it^tll' constilufing not i|uite tlie sixth 

 of the total length. The ujnu'r I'egimis are hluish-hlaeh. 

 whilst the ahdomen is w liilish. 



Fiu-rays: 1). 1 . :>. I : T. 1. !i : \'. 8: A. 20: C. ;J. 1. 

 8. 7. 1. 4. 



J. /////,/■, (iirard. i'roc. Ac. Nat. Sc. Phil., 185!), p. Kid. 



This occui's in the rott)inac and Patajiseo liivers in the 

 same places as ./. cc/ns, and near Baltimore is the. joy of the 

 poor colored people, who catch it in considei'altlo numhers. 



It docs m)t seem to grow to such lai'ge size as ihc jireced- 

 iug. 



Acad, Coll, kS. 1. 



LVIL— C'ONGRID.E. 



CONGEJJ, ("uv. 



IJ, oCEAXK'A. 



The Conger Eel. 



Head nearly one-eightlM)i the total length, pyi'aniidal. flat- 

 tened above. Lateral line distinct, and with a series ol' whit- 



