2. CALAJIOICHTHTS. 327 



Polypterus palmas, Ay res, Proc. Bogt. Soc. Xai. Ilkt. iii. iHaO, p. 181, 

 aud Bust. Joiint. Xdt. Hid. vi. 1800, p. 241, with fig. 



From eight to eighteen dorsal Unlets. Six or seven or eight scales 

 in iin oblique series between the lateral line and dorsal fiulets. 

 Lat. 1. 54-60. Vert. 51/16. 

 Central and West Africa ; Nile. 



a. Eujiiteen dorsal finlets. 

 a. Adult: stuffed. Cairo. From Dr. lliippell's Collection. 



/3. Sixteen dorsal fiiikts. 

 b-c. Adult (32 inches) : stuffed. Nile. 



y. Fifteen dorsal Jinhts. 



d. Adult. NUe. 



e. Adult: stuffed. Senegal. 



/. HaLf-gro-vvn : stuffed. Gambia. Fresented by P. Whitfield, Esq. 



?. Fourteen dorsal Jinlets. 

 (J. Adult. West Africa. Purchased of Mr. Daltou. 



e. Thirteen dorsal Jtnlets. 



h. Adult. West Africa. Purchased of Mr. Dalton. 



/. Half-groTvn. Nile. From Mr. Petherick's Collection. 



^. Twelve dorsal Jinlets. 



h-l. Adult and half-grown : skins. West Africa. Purchased of 



Mr. Dalton. 

 »i. Adult: stuffed. Chartoum. From Mr. Petherick's Collection. 



ij. Nine or ten dorsal Jinlets. 



n-p, q-t. Half-grown. Upper Nile. From Mr. Petherick's Col- 

 lection, 

 u. Half-grown. Senegal. Purchased of Mr. Cuming. 

 V, iv-x, ij-a. Young. West Africa. 

 /}. Young: skin. West Africa. Purchased of Mr. Dalton. 



d. Eifjlit dorsal Jinlets. 

 y-e. Young. Gambia. Purchased of Mr. Dalton. 

 C- Half-grown. Sierra Leona. Purchased of Mr. Stevens. 



2. CALAMOICHTHYS. 



Erpetoichthvs, J. A. Smit/i, Proc. R. Phi/s. Soc. Ediiib. 1805, p. 273, 



and 180C..'p. 331. 

 Calamoichthys, J. A. Smith, Proc. R. Soc. Edinb. v. 1865-G6, p.. 654, 



or Ann. >.V M^ai/. Xat. Hist, xviii. p. 112. 



Distinguished from Pohjptcrus by its greatly elongate form and 

 the absence of ventral fins. 

 Old Calabar. 



