66 G. A. BOl-LENGER 



^|^ length of head, not (juito rcacliing vcrtiral of origin of anal. 

 Ventral reaching a little beyond origin of anal. Caudal truncate. 

 Caudal peduncle slightly longer than deep. Scales feebly denticu- 

 late, 33 ^; lateral lines '-^. Dark brown, a little ligliter beneath: 

 a black opercular sjxit; fins brown, soft dorsid and raudal with 

 series of small I'uiuid dark spots between tlie rays. 



Total lenjrtii-lod niilliin. 



A single specimen from .linja. 



7. l*a.i-a«ilapia. pectoi-alis , sp. n. (PI. 1. lig. 2). 



Deptli ot liody a little less than length of head. 3 times in 

 total lenjxtli. Head twi(;e as long as ])road: snout with convex 

 upper profile, 1 7,-. 'lianieters of eye, which is l\ '/a times in 

 lengtli of head, 1 74 fi'iips in interorbital width, and equals least 

 depth of praeorbital; jaws equal in front; praemaxillary processes 

 not extending to between eyes; maxillary extending to below 

 anterior third of eye; teetli conical, in o series, of outer row 

 latlier large, the others very small: or 7 series of scales on the 

 cheek; the depth of the scaly part below the eye equal to 

 diameter of latter. Gill-rakers rather short . 1 on lower part of 

 anterior arch, some anvil-sliaped. Dorsal X\' II; sj)ines increasing 

 in lengtli to the last, which measures '/a length of head; longest 

 soft rays a little over V2 lengtli of head. Anal III 9: third spine 

 longest, a little shorter but stronger than longest dorsal. Pectoral 

 acutely pointed, ^ /, lengtli of head, not reaching vertical of origin 

 of anal. Ventral reaching origin of anal. Caudal truncate. Caudal 

 peduncle 1 '/, times as long as deep. Scales feebly denticulate, 

 very small on nape and on i>ectoral region, 37 -^; lateral lines ~. 

 Reddish brown aliove, lighter between two dark lateral bands, the 

 lower of which is the better marked and extends from the opercular 

 spot to above the lower lateral line; a rather ill-detined dark bar 

 below the eye ; gular and pectoral regions dark brown; pectorals 

 whitish; ventrals black; the greater part of the anal bright yellow, 

 with three large ocellar spots; dorsal ami caudal brown, the 

 latter with the lower (X)rner yellow. 



Total length 18b niillim. 



.V single specimen from Jinja. 



