Mr. F. W. Frohawk on a new Species of Rail. — 247 
XXXV.—Description of a new Siluroid Fish from China. 
By G. A. BOULENGER. 
Pseudobagrus eupogon. 
Dip 22. es. 1/8. 
Upper surface of head smooth and covered with skin; 
occipital process twice as long as broad, as long as the basal 
bone of the dorsal spine ; head once and one fifth as long as 
broad. ‘Teeth on the palate villiform, in a crescentic band. 
Nasal barbels twice and a half as long as the eye; maxillary 
barbels a little longer than the head, extending to the middle 
of the pectoral spine ; outer mandibular barbels three fourths 
the length of the head, inner one half. The depth of the © 
body contained six times in the total length (without caudal), 
the length of the head five times. Dorsal spine serrated 
behind, half the length of the head. Adipose fin longer than ° 
the dorsal, measuring three fifths its distance from the caudal. 
Pectoral spine strong, one fourth longer than the dorsal, very 
strongly serrated on the inner edge. Candal deeply forked. 
A dark lateral stripe; fins with blackish edge; barbels blackish. 
Total length (including caudal lobes) 250 millim. 
Shanghai. A single specimen, received from the Shanghai 
Museum, 
XXXVI.—Deseription of a new Species of Rail from Laysan 
Island (North Pacific). By F. W. Frouawk, F.E.S. 
Porzanula Palmert, sp. n. 
Adult male.—The crown, nape, back, tail, and flanks are a 
light brown having a slight russet hue; the entire upper 
surface is streaked with dark brown and black, each feather 
having an elongated blackish centre; the mantle in some 
specimens is distinctly mottled with white, but in others the 
white is scarcely perceptible; cheeks, sides of neck, throat, 
breast, and abdomen leaden or smoke-grey ; the feathers on 
the flanks have each about four ovate white spots faintly 
outlined with black; wing very small and rounded, 2nd—4th 
primaries equal and longest, colour of outer webs pale butt, 
ner webs smoky brown; secondaries and coverts same 
