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ciatus on his Plate (16) 294, though they differ in that the third pale 

 band begins narrowly on the snout, continues along the lower eye 

 edge with its lower edges more or less bounded by dark color similar 

 to that on the back. With age the line or band becomes very narrow 

 on the head and either fades in preserved exam.ples or is absent. 

 Bleeker's Pentapus xanthopleura represents the adult. The dark bar 

 across the pectoral base is distinctive at all ages. The young also 

 have a median pale predorsal line. 



Pentapus pleurostictus Duncker and Mohr agrees in most every 

 way and the figure shows the dorsal basal pectoral bar very distinctly. 



11293. Alimango Bay, Burias Island. March 5, 1909. Length, 202 mm. 

 19363, 19364. Beach near Caiholo River mouth, Ulugan Bay, Palawan. De- 

 cember 29, 1908. Length, 105 to 107 mm. 

 18479 to 18483, 21926. Bolalo Bay, Palawan. December 21, 1908. Length, 86 



to 128 mm. Seven examples. 

 9412. Busin Harbor, Burias Island. April 23, 1908. Length, 165 mm. 

 11050. Busin Harbor. March 8, 1909. Length, 233 mm. 



11709, 21938. Cagayan, Jolo Island. January 8, 1908. Length, 98 to 192 mm. 

 12357, 13078. Candaraman Island, Balabac. January 14, 1909. Length, 215 to 



223 mm. 

 7628. Cataingan Bay, Masbate. April 17, 1908. Length, 180 mm. 

 16861, 16863 [5627]. Cataingan Bay. April 18, 1908. Length, 110 to 178 mm. 

 16094. Cataingan Bay. May 14, 1909. Length, 103 mm. 

 7586, 7587, 15886, 15887. Catbalogan, Samar. April 14, 1908. Length, 130 to 



250 mm. 

 9116, 20574. Catbalogan. April 15, 1908. Length, 116 to 130 mm. 

 16335. Chase Head, Endeavor Strait, Palawan. December 22, 1908. Length, 



112 mm. 

 69, 70, 16306. Endeavor Strait, northwest coast Palawan. December 23, 1908. 



Length, 135 to 205 mm. 

 17303. Gigoso Point, Quinapundan Bay, Samar. July 28, 1909. Length, 185 mm. 

 A429. Jolo market. March 6, 1908. Length, 156 mm. 

 154, 9027, 18555, 18556. Langao Point, Luzon. June 24, 1909. Length, 137 to 



240 mm. Five examples. 

 21171. Malcochin Harbor, Linapacan Island. December, 1908. Length, 218 mm. 

 22568. Malcochin Harbor. December 19, 1908. Length, 88 mm. 

 12026. Nabatas Point, Samar Island. July 24, 1909. Length, 237 mm. 

 11280. Pandanon Island. March 23, 1909. Length, 150 mm. 

 300, 17235 to 17239, 19299 to 19301. Pandanon Island. March 24, 1909. 



Length, 93 to 127 mm. 

 12057. Port Banalacan, Marinduque. February 23, 1909. Length, 200 mm. 

 6331, 9026. Port Jamelo, Luzon. July 13, 1908. Length, 180 to 222 mm. 

 20961. Port Matalvi. Length, 96 mm. 



6142. Puerta Princesa, Palawan. April 5, 1909. Length, 168 mm. 

 12015, 20944. San Miguel Harbor, Ticao Island. April 21, 1908. Length, 146 



to 180 mm. 

 14176, 19687. Santa Cruz Island, Marinduque. April 24, 1908. Length, 113 to 



125 mm. 

 9779. Siasi market. February 17, 1908. Length, 156 mm. 

 17830, 142, 17834. Simulac Island, Tataan. February 19, 1908. Length, 190 



to 195 mm. 



