38 ROSTRATED SPHAGSBRANCHUS. 



about the distance of an inch beyond the mouth, 

 immediately beneath the neck or fore-part of the 

 body : the colour of the whole animal was a pale 

 brown, It was received from Tranquebar. 



The Murcena coeca of Linnreus, from the slight 

 description given in the Systema Naturae, seems so 

 nearly allied to the above animal, that there is 

 some reason for supposing it to be in reality the 

 same*, 



* Corpus Anguillae, absque omni pinna : caput in medio 7> 

 anterius 8, ad occiput 7 punctis perforatum : mandibulae acumi- 

 natae, dentibus acerosis : sub rostro nares tubulosae : sub collo 

 aperturae branchiarum : anus propior capiti quam caudae. 



E, BRANPER. Lin, Syst. Nat. Gmel. p. 1135, 



