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II. No distinct caudal peduncle, the dorsal and anal 

 fins nearly reaching the caudal ; subopercle 

 entire or indistinctly serrated ; dorsal with 16 

 or 17 spines. 



Ventral reaching far beyond origin of anal ; length 

 of head much less than depth of body, 3| to 3f in 

 total length ; maxillary hardly extending to below 

 anterior border of eye A.fasciolata, Blgr. 



Ventral extending to origin of anal ; length of 

 head equal to depth of body, 2± to 2§ in total 

 length ; maxillary extending to below anterior fifth 

 or anterior third of eye A. Weeksii, Blgr. 



Anabas (Ctenopoma) Petherici, Gthr. , does not occur in the 

 rivers flowing into the Atlantic. Specimens from the Gaboon 

 have recently been referred to it by Giinther; but I find on 

 careful examination that they really belong to A.(C.) Kings- 

 leyce, Gthr., which differs from the White Nile species in the 

 absence of spines on the scales behind the eye. The depth 

 of the body is 2^ to i\ in the total length (2f to 3 in 

 A. Petherici), and the anal spines number more frequently 

 9 than 10. 



Ct. microleqridotum, Gthr., is identical with Sandelia 

 Bainsii, Casteln. I have not yet been able to ascertain 

 which specific name has priority. 



The genera Ctenopoma, Spirobranchus, and Sandelia 

 cannot be upheld. The types of all three have the air- 

 bladder bifid behind and prolonged into the caudal region, as 

 in Anabas, and the palatine teeth may be absent in specimens 

 otherwise referable to Ctenopoma. 



XXXIX. — Description of Two new Butterflies collected by 

 Major E. M. Woodward in Nandi, Equatorial Africa. 

 By Emily Mary Sharpe, 



Family Nymphalidae. 

 Neptis Woodwardi, sp. n. 



Allied to N. incongrua, Butler (P. Z. S. 1896, p. 112, 

 pi. vi. fig. 2), from Nyasaland. 



This species differs from the allied form in the absence of 

 light spots on the inner margin of the primaries, and no 

 spots are visible at the end of the discoidal cell, so that the 



