74 



MORMIKID.E. 



latter. Pectoral obtusely pointed, f length of head, once and f as long 

 as ventral, not quite reaching base of latter, (^audal with rounded 

 lobes. Caudal peduncle 2^ to 3 times as long as deep, f to f length of 

 head. G7-72 scales in lateral line, j^r^ in transverse series on body, jq 

 between dorsal and anal, IG round c.udal peduncle. Brownish; a 

 blackish vertical bar between origin of dorsal and anal. 



Total length 110 millim. 



Angola. 

 1-2. Tji)cs. Between Bonguella and Bilie. Dr. "\V. J. Aiisorge (C). 



13. MABCUSENIUS PAUCIKADIATUS. 



Mormynis paucirculiatiis, Steiud. Verb, zool.-bot. Ges. Wion, xvi. 1800, p. 7G5, 



pi. xvii. fig. 2. 

 Marcusenius pauciradiatus, Bouleng. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1808, p. 705. 



Depth of body equal to length of head, 3-| times in total length. Head 

 once and \ as long as deep ; snout rounded, \ length of head ; mouth 

 small, subterminal, but situated considerably below level of eye ; teeth 

 notched; eye rather small, § length of snout; nostrils •)n a level ^^ith 

 lower border of eye, midway between latter and end of the snout. 



I'ig. o,. 



Marcusenius paiiclra<UuiHS. 

 Type, after Steiiuliu-hiuT {l. c). |. 



l)orsal 18, originating a little posterior to origin of anal, its length 3 

 times in its distance from head. Anal 23, a little nearer base of caudal 

 than base of ventral. Pectoral shorter than head, hardly reaching base 

 of ventral. Caudal with rounded lobes. Caudal peduncle once and J 

 as long as deep, ^ length of head. 70 scales in lateral line, about 20 

 round caudal peduncle. 



Total length 100 millim. 



Angola. — Type in Vienna Museum. 



