12 



rOLYPTERID.-E. 



sliiclds ; suboperciilum a little smaller or a little larger than eye. 

 Dorsal with IX-X spines, not overlapping wlien folded. Anal 10-11. 

 Pectoral widely separated from first dorsal spine. G0-C5 scales in a 

 longitudinal series, 22-26 between occiput and first dorsal spine, 44-4G 

 round niiddle of body. Olive above, yellowish beneath ; 7 or 8 blackish 

 bars on the back, bifurcating on the lower part of the sides ; fins 

 spotted, marbled, or irregularly barred with blackish; young with a 

 black spot on the membrane behind each dorsal s[)ine. 



Total length 380 millim. 

 Upper Congo, Katanga. 



1. Yo;., Typo. Monseinhc 



2. Ad. 



Hev. J. IT. Wfck> (P.). 



G. rOLYPTKins ob'NATII'lNNIS. 



Boulcno;. Ann. Mus. C'oii^o, Zool. ii. \>. -2:], pi. vii. li;;. 1 (I'.Mi^j, and Ann. iV; Ma:^-. 

 N. H. (7) xvi. IDOj, p. 041. 



Head and body less depressed than in tlio preceding. Head 1.', times 

 as long as broad, G times in loial length; .snout projecting \ery slightly 



Fiji. 8. 



ry^ 



Poh/literKS onintii'inni.s. 

 Type(A.M.C.). J 



beyond lower jaw; eye lateral, 8J times in length of head, 3 times in 

 width of interorbital region, whicli is slightly convex ; all head-shields 

 paired ; a series of 4 shields between postorbital and spiracular shields ; 

 suboperculum slightly larger than eye. Dorsal with X-XI spines, not 



