12. The Spotted Murene (Muraena maculata, Bl.). 



Fig. Lacdpede, Hist, des Poissons, vol. ii. pi. 6. fig. 2. 



Hob. Pacific Ocean. The present specimen was caught in the act of 



climbing up the rudder chains of H.M.S. Vindictive, at anchor in 



the harbour of Tahiti, in 1843. 



Presented by Lieut. Arthur Egerton, R.N. 



Genus THYRSOIDEA, Kaup. 



13. Thyrsoidea bullata, Kaup. 



Fig. Kaup, Cat. of Apodal Fish in Brit. Mus. p. 81. pi. 12. fig. 60, 1856. 



Richardson, Voyage of Erebus and Terror, p. 86. 

 Hob. Tongataboo. Presented by Capt. Sir E. Home, Bart., R.N. 



Genus MUR^NOPHIS, Lacdp. 



14. The Stellate Murene (Murtenophis stellatus, Lacep.). 



Fig. Seba, Rerum Naturalium Thesauri &c., fol. vol. ii. tab. 69. fig. 1. 

 Hob. Indian Ocean. 



Family Ophisurida. 

 Genus OPHISURUS, Lacep. 



15. The Annulated Eel (Ophisurus annulatus, Thunberg; Muranophis 



colubrina, Lacep.). 



Fig. Lacep. Hist, des Poissons, vol. v. pi. 19. fig. 1. 

 Hab. Tropical Seas of America. 



16. The Snake-Eel (Ophisurus serpens, Linn.). 



Fig. Salviani, Aquatilium Animalium Historise, vol. i. fol. pi. 57. Rich- 

 ardson, Voyage of Erebus and Terror, p. 106. 

 Hab. The Mediterranean ; Tongataboo. 



Presented by Capt. Sir E. Home, Bart., R.N. 



Genus CENTRUROPHIS, Kaup. 



17. Centrurophis, Kaup ; Ophisurus spadiceus, Richardson. 



Fig. Kaup, Cat. of Apodal Fish in Brit. Mus. p. 2. pi. 1. fig. 1, 1856. 



Richardson, Voyage of Erebus and Terror, p. 103. 

 Hab. Tongataboo. Presented by Capt. Sir E. Home, Bart., R.N. 



