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No. A32, a specimen I82 inches lonj;-. A'unierine teeth extending; nearly as 

 tar liack as maxillary teeth; gape about 3 in head and extending past posterior 

 border of eye: dorsal beginning about 'i inch in front of vent. 



No. A34. M. C. Z. 297.^2, a sjiecinien \'> inches hmg. A'omerine teeth not 

 extending back quite so far as maxillary teeth; gape extending but a little 

 beyond posterior border of eye, about 3 in head; dorsal beginning about u 

 inch in front of vent. 



.V specimen, no tag or locality, 20| inches long. Vomerine teeth not ex- 

 tending so far back as maxillary; gape about 3 in head extending back con- 

 sideral)ly farther than eye; dorsal begins \u inches in front of vent. 



.lordan & Seale (Bull. U. S. Bur. Fish., 25, |). 192), place Anguilla aneitensis 

 (Uinther (Chall. Rept. p. 58), as a synonym of ,1. megastoma. We cannot see 

 upon what grounds this is done, as all that (Uinther says about it is that it was 

 a maliormed specimen from a river near Lake Waihirra. 



Three of our specimens come from the type locality of .4. (ituhi'lietinis and 

 they are undoubtedly that sjiecies. There is some variation in the relative 

 ])osition of the origin of the dorsal and the relative extent of the vomerine teeth, 

 which suggests that these characters are not of nuich specific value. The other 

 specimen shows no tangible differences, and there is a possibility that they all 

 belong to some earlier described species. 



MYRIDAE. 



Muraenichthys macropterus Blkekkk. 



.U-l. Soc. Sci. Imlu-XracrL. l.SC,4. 4, p. II. .\iiilMmui S, p. '.H. .\lla^ Irlitli., IStU, 4. p.:!l,lali. l.".l, 

 .Mar. 7, %. 3. 



Six specimens. No. ()99t)(), 2l to iu inches long from .\rhno .\toll, Marshall 

 Islands. :\I. (;. Z. 29500 (2 .specimens). 



Muraenichthys schultzei Hi.kkker. 



.Nat. ■I'i.id:.. Xfcl. Ind., ls.57, 13, p. :i(i(l. .\tUus IHilli., ISIIK 4, p. :51, :«, tub. 14S, Mur. 4, fi^. :i. 



Three specimens, 2f to 3 inches long from Funafuti. Ellice Islands. M. ( ". Z. 

 29.59-1 (1 specimen). 



