On TiibaniJge from Australia (&c. 207 



8. LlMNOTHRlSSA, gen. nov. 



Maxillary broad tlirongliout its length, its dentigerous 

 margin extending right up to the prseniuxilhiry ; latter with 

 quite small teeth, but dentition of lower jaw, palatines, and 

 tongne as in Pellonula. Abdomen in front of pelvic fins 

 rounded, with scutes but weakly keeled; scntes behind 

 pelvic fins strongly keeled and acutely pointed. Vertebise 44. 



Limnotkn'ssa miodun. (Fig. 2, /.) 



rdhmula miodon (part.), Bouleng. Cat. Afr. Fish. i. p. 157, fig. 125 

 (1909j. 



Depth of body 4| in the length, length of head 3| to 4. 

 Snout as long as diameter of eye, which is og- in length of 

 head ; maxillary extending to below anterior j u£ eye ; h^wer 

 jaw slightly prdjei'.ting. 31 to 33 gill-rakers on lower part 

 of anterior arch. About 45 scales in a longitudinal and 

 14 in a transver.^e series; ventral scutes 13-14 + 10-11. 

 Dorsal 15 ; origin equidistant from end of snout and base 

 of caudal. Anal IG-IS. Pelvics below middle or anterior 

 pait of dorsal. Lateral band broad. 



Tanganyika. 



Four specimens, 100 to 140 mm. in total length, from 

 Ndaj)vie, Tembwi, and Kasakalewa ; also some young 

 examples not included in the description. 



XV. — Neiv Species of Ta.han'idx from Australia and the 

 Fiji Islands. By Gkrtkude Ricakdo. 



The identification of species and descriptions of new species 

 contained in this paper are from specimens forwarded to 

 Mr. Marshall by Dr. E. W. Ferguson ami Dr. J. Burton 

 Cl'land. 



One new species from the Fiji Islands, tlie tvpe being in 

 the British jNluseum Coll., is included. The types of all the 

 new species will be presented to the British Museum by 

 the Imperial Institute of Economic Entomology, A^ith the 

 exception of a few species belonging to the South Australian 

 Museum and the National Museum, Victoria ; in these 

 cases, paratypcs are kept tor the British Museum. 



