68 Mr. G. A. Boulenger on neio 



snout obtusely pointed, upper surface smooth ; occipital 

 process annular, as long as broad ; frontal fontanelle twice as 

 long as broad, larger than the occipital fontanelle, which is 

 anterior to the occipital process ; eye 3 times in length of 

 snout, 4^ times in interorbital width, which exceeds width of 

 mouth and is | length of head; band of pisemaxillary teeth 

 3£ times as long as broad ; vomerine teeth conical, forming 

 a crescentic band which, in the middle, is a little broader 

 than the praemaxillary band. Nasal barbel as long as head ; 

 maxillary barbel If times as long as head, reaching beyond 

 pectoral ; inner mandibular barbel § length of head, outer 1^. 

 (xill-rakera thick, 16 in number. Clavicles striated, covered 

 with a thin skin. Dorsal 100, its distance from occipital 

 process ^ length of head, very narrowly separated from 

 caudal. Anal 75, very narrowly separated from caudal. 

 Pectoral ^ length of head, the spine serrated on both sides 

 and | the length of the tin. Ventral lg times as distant 

 from caudal as from end of snout. Caudal ^ length of head. 

 Uniform olive. 



Total length 225 mm. 



A single specimen. 



This new species is to be placed near C. werneri, Blgr.j 

 from which it differs principally in the more pointed snout. 



Auchenoglanis longiceps. 



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

 o\ times. Head moderately depressed, nearly twice as long 

 as broad, its upper surface smooth ; occipital process small, 

 longer than broad, well separated from the feebly developed 

 interneural plate ; snout pointed, a little more than ^ length 

 of head ; eye supero-lateral, 8 times in length of head, 2^ 

 times in interorbital width ; mouth small, inferior, with thick 

 papillose lips; prsemaxillary teeth in a small reniform group. 

 Maxillary and inner mandibular barbels not quite £ length of 

 head, outer mandibular nearly as long as head. Gill-rakers 

 moderately long, 6 on lower part of anterior arch. Humeral 

 process narrow, pointed, smooth. Dorsal I 7 ; spine strong, 

 smooth, | length of head ; longest rays f length of head. 

 Adipose dorsal 5 times as long as deep, nearly twice as long 

 as its distance from rayed dorsal, not extending to root of 

 caudal. Anal 12 (8 rays branched). Pectoral not reaching 

 ventral, ventral not reaching anal. Caudal rounded. 

 Brownish, with round black spots forming four longitudinal 

 series on the body; belly white ; dorsal and caudal fins with 

 uumerous round black spots. 



