226 Zoological Society :— 
tical, erect. Three pairs of frontal shields, the middle pair longest ; 
vertical broad, the largest shield of the head, with an obtuse angle 
in front and an acute one behind, sides rounded ; superciliaries 
large, prominent above the eyes ; occipitals distinct, but smaller than 
the vertical, forked and rounded behind; the first pair of frontals 
small, triangular ; the second pair five-sided, nearly as large again 
as the first pair; the third smaller than the second and larger than 
the first, quadrangular. Of the fourteen lower labial shields, the first 
seven are narrow and elongate, the rest broad ; no groove upon the 
labials. The nasal shield is very broad, with a deep pit, shaped like 
a bean, and much produced backwards. Head moderate; body 
thick, compressed ; anal spurs small. Colour light brown, with a 
series of darker rings, which become indistinct near the sides ; below 
yellowish-white here and there, with a few dark blotches; head and 
neck jet-black above and below. Total length 7' 10". 
Hab. Port Denison. 
DeEsCRIPTION OF A NEw SPECIES OF MorMYRUS. 
By Dr. A. GUNTHER. 
Only a short time ago I described* a peculiar species of Mormyrus, 
M. Petersii, distinguished by a very long mandibular flap. I have 
the pleasure to lay to-day before the Society another species with the 
same structure of the fins, and with a similar prolongation of the 
lower jaw. It comes, like M. Petersii, from West Africa. The 
peculiar form of the snout has suggested the specific name of 
Mormyrus TaAMANDUA. 
D. 28. A.3l. V.6. L. lat. 80. Body compressed, rather 
elongate—its greatest height, between the origin of the dorsal and 
anal fins, being two-ninths of the total length (without candal) ; the 
length of the head is one-fourth of the same. The snout is much 
* Wiegm. Arch. 1862, p. 64. 
