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uniserial in erebus , biserial in in/ernalis . This is probably dependent 
on age, or perhaps the variation of individuals. Gymnothorax funebris 
is one of the largest of the Morays, reaching a length of 4 or 5 feet and 
a diameter to correspond. The examples examined by us are from 
Key West, Bahia, St. Lucia, and Mazatlan. 
21. GYMNOTHORAX CHILENSIS. 
Murcena chilensis Gunther, Proc. Zool. Sdc. Loud., G74, 1871 (Chile). 
Habitat : Chile. 
Etymology: From Chile. 
This species is known to us only through Hr. Gunther’s description. 
22. GYMNOTHORAX DOVII. 
(Anguila Pintita.) 
Murcena dovii Gunther, Cat. Fish., vm, 103, 1870 (Panama) ; Jordan & Gilbert,, Proc. 
U. S. Nat. Mas., 378, 1882 (Espiritu Santo Island; Galapagos Islands). 
Sidera dovii Jordan, Bull. U. S. Fish Com., 106, 1882 (Mazatlan); Jordan & Gilbert, 
Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 209, 1883. 
Murcena pintita Jordan & Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 346, 1881 (Mazatlan). 
Habitat : Pacific coast of tropical America. 
Etymology: Named for Capt. John W. How. 
This species is not rare on the Pacific coast of tropical America. It 
varies somewhat in the number and arrangement of its pale spots. An 
examination of several examples has convinced us of the identity of 
pintita and dovii. 
23. GYMNOTHORAX CONSPBRSTJS. 
Murcenopliis punctata Castelnau, Anim. Nouv. Rares Amer. Sud, 82, 1855 (Rio Ja- 
neiro). (Not Gymnothorax punctatus Bloch.) 
Gymnothorax conspersus Poey, Repertorio, ii, 259, 1868 (Cuba); Poey, Synopsis, 427, 
1868; Poey, Enumeratio, 159, 1875. 
Murcena conspersa Gunther, 102, 1870. 
Habitat: West Indian fauna. 
Etymology : Latin, conspersus , speckled. 
This species is known to us only from descriptions. The earlier name; 
punctatus , is preoccupied. 
24. GYMNOTHORAX MILIARXS. 
Thyrsoidea miliaris Kaup, Apodes, 90, 1856 (Martinique). 
Murcena miliaris Gunther, viii, 1G0, 1870 (Cuba). 
Gymnothorax miliaris Cope, Traus. Amer. Phil. Soc., 482, 1870 (St. Martin’s) ; Poey, 
Enumeratio, 159, 1875 (Cuba). 
? Murcena multiocellata Poey, Memorias, ii, 324, 1860 (Havana). 
? Gymnothorax multiocellatus Poey, Repertorio, ii, 260, 1868 (Havana). 
Gymnothorax scriptus Poey, Repertorio, n, 261, 1868 (Cuba) ; Poey, Synopsis, 427, 1868. 
Habitat: West Indian fauna. 
