Rictus 3/4 an eye-diameter beyond eye. Lips fleshy, with 
fine papillae inside. Lower jaw 13 eye-diameter shorter than 
snout. Teeth molar-like, biserial irregularly in jaws and 
on vomer. Row of three large molar-like teeth in upper jaw 
before mandible tip. No tongue. Front nostril short fleshy 
tube about half of eye, midway in snout end before mandible 
tip. Hind nostril rather broad oblique slit in upper lip 
below reaat waht of eye. Interorbital convex. Gill-opening 
about equals interorbital. Head and fore part of trunk more 
especially below with many fine longitudinal wrinkles. Dor- 
sal origin nearly at first 2/5 in head, Anal little lower 
than dorsal. Pectoral short, low, rudimentary. 
Color in alcohol: very pale brownish-white. Body-rings 
29, broad, dark brown, each but slightly less than pale in- 
terspace and on tail behind pale interspaces little less in 
width than dark bands. Dark bands also wider below, extend 
completely around body and over fins. Along front anal edge 
dark marginal blotch in first few pale interspaces between 
dark vertical bars. Snout end pale, first dark band includes 
eye and rictus, and second dark band closer to first than 
to third. Length 558 mm, Fiji. Also one without data. Quite 
likely the latter specimen may have been the subject of Rich- 
eautate drawing in 1858, labeled Samoa, and A, 216, 
This species appears to differ toun t: colubrinus 
chiefly in color, the darker bands being broader and the pale 
interspaces largely if not wholly immaculate. Jordan and 
