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darker or dusky blotches, less defined with age. Pectoral pale 

 olivaceous. Ventral deep brown, especially terminally and outer or 

 front edge pale to whitish. 



Zanzibar, Madagascar, Seychelles, East Indies, Philippines, Mela- 

 nesia, Micronesia. Though none of our examples so large as Boulen- 

 ger gives (520 mm.), they all show the whitish horizontal lines distinct 

 at all ages. The lower front edge of the. soft anal is also dusky, 

 likewise upper front edge of the soft dorsal in small specimens. The 

 species is well marked and easily distinguished among the numerous 

 members of the family by its unusual coloration together with its 

 very slender pointed head, due in large measure to the greatly pointed 

 and protruded mandible. Two examples, 22161 and 14938, are 

 referable to Anyperodon uropJithalmus as admitted by Boulenger. 



8138. Alibijaban Island, Ragay Gulf, Luzon. March 6, 1909. Length 362 mm. 

 11295, 16008. Alimango Bay, Burias Island. March 5, 1909. Length 138 to 



140 mm. 

 15265. Atulayan Island, eastern Luzon. June 18, 1909. Length 200 mm. 

 6512. Balikias Bay, southern Luzon. July 17, 1908. Length 253 mm. 

 7464. Bolalo Bay, Palawan Island. December 21, 1908. Length 336 mm. 

 8083. Burias Island. March 5, 1909. Length 340 mm. 

 7255. Busbus Point, Siasi Island. September 20, 1909. Length 152 mm. 

 7195. Busin Harbor, Burias Island. March 8, 1909. Length 233 mm. 

 11068. Butauanan Island, east Luzon. June 13, 1909. Length 138 mm. 

 7858. Cagayan de Jolo, Jolo Sea. January 8, 1909. Length 282 mm. 

 7599. Endeavor Strait, Palawan Island. December 24, 1908. Length 326 mm. 

 8232. Galvaney Island, Ragay Gulf, Luzon. March 9, 1909. Length 335 mm. 

 94S3. Guntao Island, Palawan Passage. December 20, 1908. Length 217 mm. 

 9024. Langao Point, southern Luzon. June 24, 1909. Length 272 mm. 

 4716. Ligpo point, Balayan Bay, Luzon. January 18, 1908. Length 382 mm. 

 6040. Little Santa Cruz Island. May 28, 1908. Length 365 mm. 

 13133. Polloc, Mindanao. May 22, 1908. Length 203 mm. 

 8013,12059. Port Banalacan,Marinduque Island. February 23, 1909. Length 



217 to 302 mm. 

 6553, 6566, 6567. Port Maricaban, southern Luzon. July 21, 1908. Length 



276 to 393 mm. 

 (S. 1684). Rapurapu Island. June 22, 1909. Length 68 mm. 

 8257. Reefs of southern Luzon, Tumindao. February 26, 1908. Length 156 mm. 

 22503. Romblon. March 26, 1908. Length 102 mm. (S. 471). 

 14780, 16877, 16878. Sablayan, Mindoro. December 12, 1908. Length 160 to 



227 mm. 

 14569. Maculabo Island, southern Luzon. June 14, 1909. Length 140 mm. 

 12282. Masbate Reef, Masbate Island. April 20, 1908. Length 202 mm. 

 7232. Masinloc, Zambales. November 22, 1908. Length 409 mm. 

 6263, 6267. Medio Island, Galera Bay, Mindoro. June 9, 1908. Length 298 to 



338. (110). 

 8063, 16984. Mompog Island, Anabayas Islands. March 3, 1909. Length 150 



to 248 mm. 

 18587. Murcielagos Bay, Mindanao. August 21, 1909. Length 132 mm. 

 6611, 12500. Northwest Point, Verde Island, southern Luzon. July 22, 1908. 



Length 208 to 306 mm. 

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