MASTACEMBELUS. 



135 



not longer than eye ; distance between first spine and head h lenjjth of 

 latter. Anal II 90-05 ; first spine extremely short, very indistinct. 

 Caudal rounded. Pectoral ^ lengtli of liead. Scales very small, 20 

 between origin of soft dorsal and lateral line; latter formed of a few 

 tubules widely separated from one another. Brownish, with dark lines 



Fig. SS. 



Magtacemhelus reticuhilns. 

 Type. I 



fcn-ming a ^icle-meshed network ; dorsal, anal, and caudal fins blackish, 

 with round while spots more or less regularly arranged, and a white 

 border. 



Total length 190 millim. 



Sierra Leone. 

 1-2. Tviipf*. Siorra Leone. Liverpool Srliool of Tioi). 



Medicine (!'.). 



2I-. MAST.\("LMBELUS MFJ.LAXDI. 

 Bouleng. Ann. & ibig. N. 11. (8) iv. 19U, p. IJ^O. 



Depth of body 12 times in total length, length of head 7^ times. 

 Vent equally distant from head and from caiulal, its distance from 



Fi;:. '^n. 



Mdslncemhelux inilldti'h. 

 Type. i. 



former 3 times its length. Snout 4 times as long as eye, ending in an 

 appendage which is 1^ times as long as eye; mouth extending to below 

 anterior border of eye ; no praeorbital or praeopercnlar spines. Dorsal 



