CICULID.l'. 333 



of origin of anal. Ventral proclnccd into a filament, reaching l)oyon(l 



origin of anal. Caudal feebly scaled, deeply emarginatc. Caudal 



4i .". 

 peduncle as long as deep. Scales cycloid, 30-40 2 ; lateral lines 



^^-, lower extending to al)o\e tlie axil. Silvery, witli golden lonj^i- 

 tudinal lines running between the series of scales; young with irregular 

 dark brown cross-bars ; dorsal fin with blackish markings whicli form a 

 ^^ide network on the spinous part and four longitudinal streaks on the 

 soft; pectoral and ventral fins yellow. 



Total length 110 niillim. 



Sierra Leone, 

 l-l'. Tvpcs. X. r^licrlio district. X. W . Tliuiiia?, rs(|. (P.). 



Very closely allied to J', joitiiiki. Intermediate between it and 

 1'. lateralis in tlic scalc-foi niuhi. 



i:i,M.\T(i(iii;(iMis i',i"i;TTiK(»Fi:i;i. st.i.-. 



Add :■ 



•"). All. X. Slicrlid district. Sicrrii Lc^oiic. X. W. Tliniiia-. Ks(j. f P. ). 



(J. Ilu'r. Victoria, 



in. PKI.MATOrilKitMIS CAriMFASCIATrs. P.lor. 

 Add : 

 •11. llgr. N.voiig P. at Al<,)ticliiiua. G. P. Pates, Esq. (C). 



11.'. PPLMATorllpDMlS IIPMIPIS. s|,. n. 

 Deptli of body ccpial to Irngtli of lirad, '.) to o,'; times in total length. 

 Head a little over twice as long as broad ; snout obtusely jtointed, with 

 ( luved npjier juotile, a little lunger than brotul, l^^iee as long as eve in 

 adult; eye 'ih (young) to 4A times in length of head and eiual to inter- 

 orbital width or U-ast prteorbital dept'i ; nu)iitli ratlier narrow, exteiidin"- 

 to between nostiil and eye; teeth in a single series, with a few minute 

 teeth behind il at the symphysis; 40 (young) to Go teetli in tlie series 

 in the upper jaw ; series of scales on the cheek, widtli of scaly part 

 less tlian diameter of eye. ( iill-rakers short, tul)ercidar, 12 on lower 

 part of anterior arch. Dorsal X\ 1111; spines increasing in lenytli to 

 the last, whicli measures ? length of Ik ad : middh" so!t rav jiroduced 



