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XLII. — Description of a new Cichlid Fish frem Mashonaland. 

 By G! a. Boulenger, F.R.S. 



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



Pelmatochromis darlingi. 



Depth of body equal to length of head, 2i times in total 

 length. Head 2^ times as long as broad ; snout as long as 

 broad, with slightly convex upper profile, a little longer than 

 eye, which is 3f times in length of head and slightly exceeds 

 interorbital width or least depth of prjBorbital ; jaws equal 

 in front ; mouth extending to below anterior border of eye ; 

 3 series of teeth in each jaw, outer rather large ; 4 series of 

 scales on the cheek, the depth of the scaly part below the eye 

 slightly less than diameter of eye. Gill-rakers very short, 

 9 on lower part of anterior arch. Dorsal XV 11 ; spines 

 increasing in length to the last, which measures ^ length of 

 head; longest soft ray f length of head. Anal III 8; third 

 spine longest, stronger but a little shorter than last dorsal. 

 Pectoral pointed, a little shorter than head, reaching vertical 

 of origin of anal. Ventral extending a little beyond origin 

 of anal. Caudal rounded. Caudal peduncle a little longer 

 than deep. Scales very feebly denticulate, 32 || ; lateral lines 

 j^. Brownish above, ■<t'hitish beneath, with seven very in- 

 distinct darker cross-bars ; a dark bar below anterior third of 

 eye; dorsal fin with round dark brown spots. 



Total length 110 mm. 



A single specimen from the Makabusi River (Zambesi 

 System) near Salisbury, Mashonaland, presented to the 

 British i\luseum by Mr. J. fF. Darling. 



Allied to F. icelicitschii. Blur. 



XLIII. — Description of a new Fish of the Genus Polypterus 

 from Liberia. By G. A. BouLENGER, F.R.S. 



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



Polypterus loioei. 



Body subcylindrical. Head 1§ to 1| times as long as 

 broad, 6 times in total length, with lateral eyes and convex 

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