296 ADDENDA. VOL. II. 



12. PHYSAILIA, Rlgr. 



1. PHYSAILIA PELLUCIDA, Blgr. 

 Add :— 



19-20. Hgr. Creek W. of Lagos. Major G. E. Bruce (P.;. 



21. Hgr. Old Oalabar. Mr. J. Paul Arnold (P.). 



2a. PHVSALLIA AN'SURGIIL 

 Bouleng. Ann. A Mag. N. H. (8) vi. 1910, p. 557. 



Depth of body 4| times in total leiigtli, length of head 5 times. 

 Snout broad, rounded, not projecting beyond mouth, a little shorter than 

 eye ; latter perfectly lateral, 3 times in length of head, and a little less 

 than intcrocular width, which equals width of mouth. Nasal barbel 

 '^ total length, maxillary and mandibular |. Pectoral as long as head, 

 extending beyond root of ventral, spine serrated on inner side. Ventral 

 very small, 2A times as distant from caudal as from end of snont. Anal 

 60-65, narrowly separated from caudal, which is deeply forked, with 

 pointed lobes. Yellowish, more or less dotted with black, especially on 

 the back and anal fin ; lateral line black. 



Total length 63 millim. 



Angola. 

 1. Tv[jt>. Quanza 11. at Cunga. Dr. W . J. Ansorge (C). 



Intermediate between P. jjellucida and 1'. soniolerms ; distinguished 

 from the former by longer barbels, from the latter by the serrated 

 pectoral spine. 



?>a. PHYSAll.IA VILLlliUSL 



Buuleng. Ann. ^Iiis. Congo, Zool. ii. 3. \i. 17, pi. xvii. fig. 6 (1912). 

 ? PhysaiUa occidentalism Pappenli. in Seluibotz, ^Viss. Ergebn. Deutscb. Z.-Afr. 

 E.\ped., Zool. ill. p. 248 (1914). 



Depth of body 4 to 4-^ times in total length, length of head 5 to 

 «j^ times. Snout rounded, not extending beyond mouth, shorter than 

 eve, which is perfectly lateral and 2\ (young) to 3 times in length of 

 head and equal or nearly equal to interocuhir width ; nasal barbel a 

 little shorter than maxillary and mandibulars, which measure J^ to f 

 total length. Gill-rakers long and slender, about 30 on lower \)w\\. 

 of anterior arch. Pectoral as long as head or a little shorter, reaching 

 ventral or a little beyond, spine rather feel^le and without serration. 



