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LEPIDOSIKENID.E. 



Fiir. 15 



I'rotopierus adhio[ncus. 

 Lake Albert Edward (F. N.). I. 



Total length 1380 millim. 



From the Eastern Sudan to the borders of Lake Tangunyikii. — Type 

 in Vienna Museum. 



Mouth of White Nile (?> 

 Wadelai, Albertine Nile. 

 Lake Albert Edward. 



J 5 



Entebbe, Lake Victoria. 

 Lake Victoria. 



Kakondo K., south end 

 L. Tauiianvika, 



of 



Einin Pasha (P.). 



Prof. J. E. S. Moore (C). 



Scott Elliot, Es(|. (P.). 



Mr. E. Degen (C). 



Mr. AV. G. Doggett {0.) ; 



Sir Harry Johnston (P.). 



31 r. W. G. Doggett (C.) : 

 Col. Delnic RadcliHe (P.). 



Dr. W . A. L'unnington 

 (C). 



3. PROTOPTEltUS DOLLOL 



Bouleng. Ann. Mus. Congo, Zool. i. p. 155, jl. hi. (U)00), and Poiss. Bass. Congo, 

 p. 37 (lliOl). 



Depth of body 11 J to 12 times in total length. Length of head 5 to 

 6 times in distance from end of snout to vent ; snout broadly rounded, 

 more than \ length of head; eye very small, its diameter 15 to 19 times 

 in length of head, 4 to 6 times in interocular width (in half-grown and 

 adult). 54 pairs of ribs. Dorsal originating much nearer vent than 

 occiput. Fore limb longer than the hind limb and provided with a well- 

 developed fringe ; hind limb without or with a very rudimentary fringe. 

 86-91 scales in a longitudinal series from gill-opening to above vent, 

 40-44 round middle of body. Olive-brown above, with round black 

 spots, or uniform blackish above and whitish beneath ; lines of sensory 

 canals lighter than ground-colour. 



