ian Islands. 
Four examples in the Academy compared, of which @ 
Hawaiian and 2 from Christmas Island in the Pacific. They 
show: Head 7% to 85; depth 15° to 234; snout 4 to 4 2/5 in 
head; eye 5 4/5 to 8; gape 2 1/3 to 2 2/3; interorbital 7 
to 9; head width 3 to 3 1/8; pectoral 22 to 2 3/5: median 
row of lateral pores 145 to 150 in largest examples. In 
alcohol usually with back variously paler or darker brown. 
Lower regions of head a little paler. Edges of vertical fins 
deeper brown than body color and become still darker behind. 
Upper outer part of pectoral with large vliack blotch. Length 
L71 to 610 mm. 
La “ 
Viternio verrens Snyder. rae 4 
Drawing from Hawaitan Islands. As the type.No. 50865. 
[ U. S. N. M., which we have examined, is a mutilated 
specimen without the end of the tail. The figures by Rich- 
ardson 1858 show the end of the tail apparently without a 
caudal, which therefore substantiates Snyder's location of 
the genus. We are, however, not sure of the dentition of the 
type, which is alleged to be absent. Our examination reveals 
a pattern agreeing in most ways with Richardson's detail fig- 
ure. 
