OPIIIOCEPHALID.E. 



L. Loaf, Esq. (C.). 



11. 11. King, Esq. (P.). 



J. Pethorick, Esq. {('.). 

 Capt. G. B. Gosling (P.). 

 J. S. Budgett, Esq. (P.). 

 Dr. W. J. Ansorge (C). 



N. W. Thomas, Esq. (P.). 



H. L. Norton Traill, Esq. 



(C). 

 Major G. E. Bruce (I'.). 



G. L. Bates, Esq. (C). 

 R. B. N. AValker, Estj. 



(P.). 

 Miss King.sley ((!.). 

 Dr. W. J. Ansorge (C). 

 Rev. E. Haug (C.) ; 



Paris Museum (E.). 



,T. J. Monteiro, Esq. (C). 



Drs. Dutton, Christy, and 



Todd (P.). 

 Rev. G. Grenfell (P.). 



Rev. J. H. Weeks (P.). 



C. Swanzz, Esq. (P.). 



3. OPHTOCEPHALUS INSIGNIS. 



Sauv. Bull. Soc. Zool. France, 1884, p. 193, pi. v. fig. 3 ; Bouleng. Poiss. Bass. 

 Congo, p. 3r.'.» (1901) ; Steind. Donkschr. Ak. Wion. Ixxxix. 1913, p. 47. 



Barely distinguishable from the preceding by the smaller scales. 

 Depth of body 6 to 7 times in total length. Dorsal 40-43. Anal 

 28-29. Scales 83-90 y^^!!„ ; lateral line 37-50. Markings as in the 

 jnecodiug, but chevron-shaped dark bars across the back often connect 

 th.^ lateral spots. 



Total length 410 niillim. 



Cameroon to Congo. — Type in Paris Museum. 



