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lobes hidden beneath the others, their margins fringed. Inter- 

 ocular space concave, its width a little greater than that between 

 the inner angles of the spiracles. Snout and supraorbital regions 

 armed with stout, spiniform tubercles ; a series of three runs 

 from the snout to the antero-superior angle of the orbit, and one 

 or two smaller ones are grouped around the base of the last; 

 another one is in front of the eye, and three more are placed 

 between the postero-superior margin of the orbit and the 

 spiracle. Teeth strong, in two rows anteriorly and in three on 

 the sides of each jaw. Tongue triangular, pointed in front. 



Back covered with minute tricarinate denticles, of which the 

 median ones are somewhat enlarged, and form a series which 

 extends backward nearly to the first dorsal. They are present 

 on the proximal portions of the pectorals and ventrals, but the 

 remaining parts of the upper surface of these fins is naked ; their 

 anterior edges are covered with microscopic, imbricate denticles 

 which extend onto their lower surfaces, and form, on the pectoral, 

 an inferior band which is about half as wide as the interocular 

 space. Head granular above and in front of the eyes, and on its 

 sides. Tail uniformly covered with miuute denticles above. 

 Lower surface of head and body naked, that of the tail closely 

 covered with imbricate denticles which do not extend forward to 

 its base. 



Outer angle of pectoral much greater than a right angle, the 

 posterior rounded ; the distance between the anterior extremity 

 and the posterior angle of the base is rather more than half the total 

 length of the fin. Ventrals reaching a little beyond the origin 

 of the first dorsal. Base of the first dorsal a little more than 

 half its height, which is greater than the interspace between the 

 two fins. Second dorsal a little lower than, but otherwise similar 

 to the first. Posterior margin of the caudal deeply notched ; the 

 upper lobe is truncate behind, becoming oblique before its 

 junction with the lower lobe, which is obliquely truncate. 



Colour. — Light yellowish-brown, closely covered with small, 

 round, blue spots. Upper surface with eight dark-edged, and 

 dark-spotted ocelli, of which four are in a row across the back 

 behind the head, the two outer ones being the larger and placed 

 on the pectoral fins ; the four others are in a line with the front 

 of the ventrals, the two inner ones the larger, and the others on 

 the hinder portions of the pectoral and not so marked as the 

 first. Several other paired brown rings are placed at intervals 

 along the back. Described from a single female specimen, 

 420 mm. long from the snout to the middle of the caudal. 



This species appears to be closely allied to S. africam, 

 Regan l , but has much more complex nasal lobes, longer 

 pectorals, and a different colour pattern. There is also a 



1 Began— Ann. Natal Govt. Mus., i., pt. 3, 1908, p. 248. 



