Bibliographical Notice. 255 



was published by Vaillant (Bull, du Mu3. 1897, p. 81) 

 describing apparently the same species from Mrogoro torrent, 

 Urugaru Mountains, E. Ai'rica, as a new genus named 

 ChimarrhogJanis Leroyi, the author overlooking Pfeff'r's 

 publications on the fishes of East Africa (Jahrb. Hamb. Wiss. 

 Anst. vi. 1889, pt. 2, and x. 1893; and Thierw. O.-Afr. 

 Lief. V. 1890). 



I think the identification of the genera established inde- 

 pendently by Pt'efFer and Vaillant cannot be disputed. It is 

 also evident that A. uranoscojnts is a species distinct, thougli 

 closely related to A. jilatycliir^ from which it is distinguished 

 by a more elongate body, over live times the head-length, 

 and longer maxillary barbels reaching to halfway between 

 the head and the dorsal fin. But in view of the fact that 

 A. platychir is stated to be from Sierra Leone, and as it seems 

 im[>robable that so specialized a form should occur at such 

 distant points in Africa, I have very carefully compared the 

 new specimens, as well as Vaillant's description, with the 

 types in the British Museum, without being able to detect 

 any difference by which their separation could be justified *. 

 I must add, however, that the specimens labelled as from 

 Sierra Leone have no lustory attached to them, no collector's 

 name — in fact, have never been entered in the Museum 

 register. I would therefore suggest the probability of the 

 locality assigned to them being erroneous, and express my 

 belief that the only known habitat of Anoplopterus platychir 

 is the hill-streams of East Africa and Nyassaland, and that 

 A. -platychir represents the young and A, Leroyi the adult 

 of one and the same species. 



BIBLIOGKAPHICAL NOTICE. 



P. BrBAXi. Flora Ptjrencea per Ordines Naturales gradathn 

 digesta. Opus postbumum editum, curante 0. Penzig. Volumen 

 primum. 



This is a bulky book of 550 pages plus the index of genera dealt 

 "with. The Latin preface runs to 'Sli pages. It would bo ditticult 

 to calculate, from ground already covered m this first volume, how 

 many more volumes will still be needed to complete the work. A 

 mere cursory glance, however, is sufficient to i>rove the ability and 



* The vent is, however, anterior to the posterior tlnnl of the bndy, not 

 posterior as stated by Vaillant. 



