212 On neio Fishes from South-western Colombia. 



orbital breadth 3-5 ; breadth of brain-case (across squamosal 

 region) 8*6 ; breadth of rostrum (across lachrymal region) 6 ; 

 pulatilar length 5*8 ; width of palate inside m^ 3*3 ; width 

 across palate outside m^ 7 ; postpalatal length 6-5', length of 

 upper tooth-row from front of canine to back of m^ 6*4 ; 

 length of upper tooth-row from front of first premolar to 

 back of vi^ 4'9 ; height of canine 3'2. 



Hal). Bibianaha, 60 miles W. of Kumasi, Gold Coast. 

 Altitude 700 feet. 



Type. Adult male. B.M. no. 11. 1. U. 1. Original 

 number 34. Collected on December 8th, 1910, by the donor. 

 Dr. H. G. F. Spurrell. 



It gives me g-reat i)leasure to associate this new and in- 

 teresting bat with the name of Dr. Spurrell, to whom the 

 National Collection is already indebted for many rare and 

 unique West-African mammals. 



XXII. — Descriptions of Three neio Characinid Fishes from 

 South-western Colombia. By G. A. Boulenger, F.R.8. 



(Published by permission of the Trustees of the British Museum.) 



Lebiasina multimaculata. 

 Depth of body 4^ to 5 times in total length, length of 

 head 4 to 4;^ times. Eye 3 (young) to 4 times' in length of 

 head, as long as snout in adult; interorbital width 2^ times ; 

 maxillary extending to below anterior third of eye. Dorsal 

 II 8, about 1| times as distant from end of snout as from 

 root of caudal. Anal III 8. Pectoral | length of head. 

 Caudal deeply notched. Caudal peduncle a little longer 

 than deep. Scales 28-29 in a longitudinal series, 18 round 

 the body ; lateral line reduced to the 4 anterior scales. 

 Dark brown above, whitish beneath ; 9 to 11 roundish black 

 spots along each side, the last at root of caudal ; a blackish 

 band on the anal. 



Total length 100 mm. 



Three specimens from the Cundoto River at Condoto, 

 Choco, 150 ft., from the collection of Mr. M. G. Palmer. 

 These types and the following preserved in the British 

 Museum. 



Luciocharax striatus. 



Depth of body 6j times in total length, length of head 

 nearly 3 times. Snout longer than postocular part of head, 

 4 times diameter of eye, wiiich is 1^ times in interorbital 



