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tail; brown or black, entirely covered with innumerable yellowish dots, 

 the largest the size of a small pin head. (Giinther.) West Indies. 

 (miliaris, in thousands, referring to the spots.) 



Thrysoidea miliaris, KAUP, Apodes, 90, 1856, Martinique. 



Mursena multiocellata, POET, Memorias, n, 324, 1860, Cuba ; based on specimens with smaller 



spots than usual. 



Gymnothorax scriptus, POEY, Repertorio, u, 261, 1868, Cuba. 

 Murxna miliaris, GUNTHER, Cat., viu, 100, 1870. 

 Gymnothorax miliaris, JORDAN & DAVIS, I. c., 604. 



655. LTCODONTIS ELABORATUS (Poey). 



Vomerine teeth biserial, small, and bluntly rounded. Mouth not clos- 

 ing completely; teeth of upper jaw biserial, those of the inner series 

 larger ; teeth of the lower jaw biserial anteriorly ; eye over middle of 

 gape, 2i in snout ; head 2 in trunk, 4J in tail, which is a little longer 

 than rest of body ; gill opening large. Color dark brown, faintly mot- 

 tled with darker, the whole body, including fins, covered with points of 

 clear yellow, those on the head close-set and minute, like needle points, 

 but as large as a pin head on the tail ; (middle of body with intricate 

 markings of yellow, in the form of linear dashes, according to Poey ; 

 none shown on our specimen). Cuba ; two specimens recorded, (eldbora- 

 <ws, labored over, from the markings.) 



Mwrsena elaborata, POEY, Memorias, n, 323, 1860, Cuba ; POEY, Repertorio, n, 262, 1868. 

 Gymnothorax elaboratus, JORDAN & DAVIS, I. c., 605. 



656. LTCODONTIS OBSCURATUS (Poey). 



Anterior teeth of upper jaw long and sharp, the rest small and in one 

 series ; vomerine teeth in one row, three large canines in front, the rest 

 small; teeth on lower jaw small, with two longer ones on each side in 

 front ; head 2| in trunk ; cleft of mouth 2 in head ; tail a head's length 

 longer than the rest of the body. Body marbled with brown on a green- 

 ish ground, dark enough to almost obscure the marblings, which are com- 

 posed of close-set spots as large as the pupil, often bordered on one side 

 with a white edging, the spots sometimes being all white; dorsal fins 

 with a blackish border, sometimes interrupted with white; anal all black, 

 with a white border. (Poey.) Cuba ; not seen by us. (obscuratus, dark- 

 ened.) 



Gymnothorax obscuralus, POEY, Ann. N. T. Lye. Nat. Hist., ix, 1870, 320, Cuba ; JORDAN & DAVIS, 

 I c., 605. 



657. LYCODONTIS CHLETASTES (Jordan & Gilbert). 



Head with 3| rings which do not meet below ; tip of snout in one ring, 

 the top and front of snout on median line pale. Upper teeth biserial, the 

 rest uniserial ; dentary with about 14 teeth on each side ; eye 2 in snout, 

 midway between tip of snout and angle of mouth ; head 2f in trunk ; 

 head and trunk a little shorter than tail; mouth completely closing. 

 Color pale yellowish brown, with about 20 blackish rings, which are 

 usually three times the breadth of the interspaces ; these rings broadest 

 above, extending over the fins; tip of tail black. Galapagos Islands; 

 one specimen known; a remarkably handsome species, 

 harlequin.) 



