Tiihih>ijnijihtCiil Si'dcfis. !507 



townnls tlie tinont. Uppor siile of tail rufous nisspf, llio 

 nntorior portion blotclu'il with iiuli-stiiict dark sjjots. UndtT 

 siiltt of tail tawny russef. 



Skull siniillcr and with much sniall»>r auditory hullrc, the 

 prcatest leni;th of the hulhe hnitii; only H''* mm., while in 

 F. fi^ssa they measure If) mm. in length. 



Dimensions of the tvpe (measured in skin) : — 



Head and hody 480 mm. ; tail 2(53 ; hind foot 78 ; ear 32. 



Skull: jjreatest len.;th Dli ; zyj^omatic breadth 4.'J ; f^reatest 

 length of nasals 2.'i ; length of upper tooth-row, from front of 

 fir.-t premolar to haek of last m(dar, 31"5. 



IIhIk Ambuhimitumho, near Ambositra, Central Mada- 

 gascar. 



T'//>f'. Immature male. B.M. no, 97. 9. 1. 11 .">. Original 

 no. 1«J7. Collected 22 January, 1895, by Dr. C. I. Forsyth 

 Major. 



The continuous dorsal and lateral stripes, together with 

 the more rufous colouring of the back and the much smaller 

 auditorv buihp, indicate that this form must be considered 

 quite distinct from /'. fos'^a. I propose to call it F. majori, 

 after Dr. C. I. Forsyth Major, who collected the specimen 

 during his famous expedition in Malagascar in 1S95. 



BIBLIOGUAPHICAL NOTICES. 



CaUilogxu of the Fresh-water Fitihes of Africa in the British ^f^useu)li 

 {Natural Ili^tori/). Vol. I. By G. A. Bolt.ENGKK, F.K.S. 

 London : Printed by Order of the Trustees, 1909. 



It is expected that not less than three volumes will he required to 

 c<>m[»leto the ' Catalop^ue of the Fresh-water Fiohes of Africa,' to 

 which subject Mr. Boulen}?cr has devoted many years of study. The 

 present volume contains an account of the Selachii, Crossoptery<,Mi. 

 and Dipiieusti, and of the Teleostean suborder Malacopterygii and 

 part of the Ostariophysi. 



That the time is ripe for the appearance of such a Catalogue as 

 this admits of no question, for during the past decade an enormous 

 increase in our knowledge of the Fresh-water Fishes of Africa has 

 bei-n made, and types of most of the largo number of new generic 

 and specific forms are deposited in the British Museum. Nearly 

 every species described in this volume is figured, and some of these 

 figures, as in the case of tlie Mormyridie, arc rcraarkablo for the 

 high degree of ppecialixation which they indicate, especially in 

 regard to fee(ling-hal)its. 



Though larval forms are occasionally referred to, in no case are 

 those figured ; yet wo venture to think that such figures would have 

 added not a little to the value of this work. Similarly, it has been 



