Back brow, or drab brown, also most of sides, under surface whit 
gpwfiJr pale s tih?g®ifg|>an. above eye along upper edge of predorsal 
and back far as soft dorsal at 
ast; second broader pale or whitish streak 
from upper hind eye edge to b 
third white band from 
lower front preorbital edge 
lower eye edge, front thaa continued from lower 
hind eye edge above pect 
base and back to middle of caudal base, widest 
of pale bands, in son* 
ecimens yellowish white in color. With age lowest 
broad band most di 
ris yellowidn brown. Dorsal 
caudal and pect 
Is pale brown, last with narrow basal transverse dusky line 
s and anals pale yellowish white 
Indies, Philippines, Micronesia 
elanesia, Polynesia. My 
smal 1 examp 
294, though they differ in that the third pale band begins 
narrowly on the snoutf 
ues along the lower eye edge with its lower 
edges more or less bounded by dar 
similar to that on the back. With 
age the line or band becomes very narrow of 
head and. either fades in 
xantopleura represents 
the adult 
The young also have a median pale predorsal line. 
1129-3. ffllimango Bay, Burias Inland. March 5, 190 
Length 202 mm 
19363, 19364 
each near Caiholo River mouth 
Wigan Bay, Palawan. December 
£-4 29, 1908. Length ; 105 to 107 ,mm. 
/ X 
18479 to 18483, 21926. ^BoIatfTSsy, P 
December 21,. 1908 
Length 86 to 
Busin harbor, Burias Island 
9412 
ril 23, 1908. Length 165 mm 
11050. \ Busin ^arbor. March 8, 1909 
11709, 21938 
Cagayan / Sulu Island 
Length.98 to 192 mm 
