Nov. 1897. EAST AFRICAN COLLECTION FISHES MEEK. 169 



No. 414 has the upper lobe of the caudal nearly twice as 

 large as the lower. In the other specimens the lobes are about 

 equal. 



MULLID.E. 



Upenus macronemus (La cepede). 

 One specimen. 



Pterois ellioti sp. nov. (Plate XL.) 



Length 2-| inches; Head 2|; Depth 2| ; D. xi-i-n, A. iii-6 ; 

 Scales 56. 



The diameter of the eye equals the length of the snout, 3^ in 

 the head ; maxillary 2 in head, its tip reaching almost to vertical 

 from middle of the pupil. Supraorbital tentacles very long i^ in 

 head. 



Nape scaly; interorbital very concave, not scaly, its width i^ 

 in the diameter of the eye. 



Spines on the head well developed. One interior and two pos- 

 terior supraoccular spines, two post occular, one tympanic, and 

 one occipital spine ; a ridge formed of three spines from posterior 

 margin of orbit to the upper angle of the opercle. Margin of the 

 preopercle with three prominent spines. 



Dermal flaps between nostrils reaching pupil; two dermal appen- 

 dages on lower angle of preopercle. Scales without dermal 

 flaps. 



Dorsal spines with short basal membranes, the dorsal spine 

 increases in length to the sixth, the sixth, seventh and eighth of 

 equal length, nearly equaling the length of the head. 



Pectorals very long, tips of longest rays almost reach tips of 



the caudal fin. Tips of ventrals reaching base of fourth anal ray. 



Pectoral rays 16: nth, i2th, *3th, i4th and ifth, the longest. 



The upper rays of the pectoral fins detached for most of their 



length, the middle and lower for about ^ their length. 



Orbital tentacle black with five yellow bands, the last yellow 

 band forms the tip. 



Color brownish, irregularly banded with darker, six quite dis- 

 tinct dark bands between front of dorsal fin and its last ray, these 

 usually alternating with other dark bands half as wide, only the 

 broader bands extend on the belly. An indistinct dark band 

 passes around the body across the nape, being more prominent 

 on breast in front of the paired fins. Threj5 dark spots on each 



