Bibliographical Notice. 255 



was publislied by Vaillant (Bull, du Mus. 1897, p. 81) 

 describing apparently tlie same species from Mrogoro torrent, 

 Urugarii ]\Jountains, E. Africa, as a new genus named 

 Chimarrlwglanis Leroyi^ the author overlooking Pfeffor's 

 publications on the fislies of East Afi ica (Jahrb. Hamb. Wiss. 

 Anst. vi. 1889, pt. 2, and x. 1893; and Thiervv. O.-Afr. 

 Lief. V. 189(i). 



I think the identification of the genera established inde- 

 pendently by PfefFer and Vaillant cannot be disputed. It is 

 also evident tliat A. uranoscopiis is a species distinct, though 

 closely related to A. platychir, from which it is distinguished 

 by a more elongate body, over five times the head-length, 

 and longer maxillary barbels reaching to halfway between 

 the head and the dorsal tin. l^ut in view of the fact that 

 A. platychir is stated to be from Sierra Leone, and as it seems 

 improbable that so specialized a form should occur at such 

 distant points in Africa, I have very carefully compared the 

 new specimens, as well as Vaillant's description, with the 

 types in the British Museum, without being able to detect 

 any difference by which their separation could be justified *. 

 I must add, however, that the specimens labelled as from 

 Sierra Leone have no history attached to them, no collector's 

 name — in fact, have never been entered in the xMuseuni 

 register. I would therefore suggest the probability of the 

 locality assigned to them being erroneous, and express my 

 belief that the only known habitat of Anoploptenis platychir 

 is the hill-streams of East Africa and Nyassaland, and that 

 A. platychir represents the young and A. Leroyi the adult 

 of one and the same species. 



BIBLIOGllAPHICAL NOTICE. 



P. Btjbani. Flora Pyrencm per Ordines Naturales gradathn 

 digesta. Opus i)osthumum editum, curante 0. Penzig, Volumen 

 primum. 



This is a bulkj- book of 550 pages pkis the index of genera dealt 

 with. The Latin preface runs to 33 pages. It would be difficult 

 to calculate, from ground already- covered m this first volume, how 

 many more volumes will still be needed to complete the work. A 

 mere cursory glance, however, is sufficient to prove the ability and 



* The vent is, however, anterior to the posterior third of the bndv, not 

 posterior as stated by Vaillaut. 



