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Messrs. E. Loiinbevg and H. Rendahl on 



snout broadly rounded, its lengtli being contained about 2^ in 

 the length of the head. F]ye very small, about 17 times in 

 length of head, about 4 times in interorintal width. Posterior 

 nostril a little nearer to anterior border of eye than end of 

 snout. Maxillary barbel not quite as long as head, reacliing 

 somewhat beyond the root of pectoral. Outer mandilnilar 

 barbel f length of head ; inner mandibular barbel nearly ^. 

 Gill-rakers 5 or 6 on lower part of anterior arch, moderately 

 long. Dorsal I 6, nearer end of snout than root of caudal, 

 situated just in advance of the root of ventrals. Adipose 

 dorsal low, not quite twice as long as rayed dorsal. Anal II 5. 



Fiff. 2. 



Amphiliiis Icimanf, uat. size. 

 Fi-. 8. 



Head of Amphilius laviani, enlarged. 



Pectoral f leugtli of head. Ventral about as long as pectoral, 

 situated entirely but not much behind dorsal. Caudal trun- 

 cate. Caudal peduncle, if counted from last ray of anal, | as 

 deep as long. Colour in spirit uniformly brown, the dark 

 pigment extending over the greater part of the caudal as well. 

 In its general shape, with its broad head and deep caudal 

 peduncle, this new species to a certain degree resembles the 

 East-African members of the genus, but its dorsal is not so 

 far advanced as in them. With the recently described 

 Amphilius nolatus, Nichols and Griscom *, from Faradje our 

 * Loc, cit. p. 715. 



