vcw Fishes from Lale Vtctoria. A\\\ 



opercular spot; dorsal (In {;reyisli, Ijlackibh towarils tlie 

 border, the soft portion with round dark spots ; anal yellow, 

 with two or three large round orange spots on its posterior 

 half; inner rays of ventrals yellow, outer blackish ; caudal 

 greyish. 



Total length !.">.") nun. 



A single adult specimen from Bunjako; a smaller one 

 from Entebbe. 



Very closely related to the preceding, in spite of the great 

 difference in Ibrin. 



Huplochrum'is * percoides. 



Tcctli in 3 series in both jaws, outer largest, some with a 

 faint trace of a lateral cusp. Lower jaw projecting. Depth 

 of body 3j to 3^ times in total length, length of head 2^ to 3 

 times; body deepest at the nape. Snout with convex upper 

 profile, a little longer than the eye, which is 4 times in length 

 of head and once to once and j in intcrorbital width ; max- 

 illary extending to below anterior border of eye; 1 series of 

 scales on the check, (jill-rakers moderate and stout, 8 or 9 

 on lower part of anterior arch. Dorsal XIV-XV 10 ; spines 

 increasing in length to the last, which measures nearly ^ 

 length of head : longest soft rays nearly ^ length of head. 

 Anal III *J ; third spine longest, as long as and stronger than 

 longest dorsal. Pectoral r| length of head, not reaching 

 origin of anal. Ventral reaching vent. Caudal truncate. 

 Caudal peduncle once and ^ as long as deep. Scales strongly 

 ctenoid, 32 j^ ; lat. I. \^_\y Dark olive above, ochre-yellow 

 below ; four dark brown transverse bands on the body and a 

 dark brown blotch at the base of the tail ; a dark brown bar 

 across the forehead, and another, vertical, below the eye ; 

 dorsal light olive-brown, with a darker longitudinal streak 

 on its posterior portion ; pectorals, ventrals, and anal ochre- 

 yellow, the latter with an orange spot with dark centre; iris 

 white, with a reddish circle round the pupil. 



Total length 98 mm. 



Two specimens from Entebbe. 



* llaplochromh, Ililgfiidorf, 1888, nml Ctetwchroung, PftfTer, 180;?, 

 linvi- pruuity ovit Astatotilajiia, I't'llcfrriii, li.04. H. imchisiiuumulatun, 

 which may he talo-ii ud the tyjie of Jltiphxltroniis an 1 C'tciinr/iromts, is 

 C'lnsfly allifd to JI. JJc:<fo/U(iiiifiii, wliich i<j>rL'seiit'* I'fllfjjrriii'.H fifiuis ; in 

 addition to tin.' character of the d<nlitio i, inti'iinwliale hetwccn Vtira- 

 tiidpid and Titnpid, the lisliea of this (rt-nn-i dillor from ti.e lutti-r in usually 

 has in;r a cnn>!idvrabIo portion of the maxillnry bone exposed when tlie 

 mouth i.- fullv closed. 



