some new Sllur'uis from the Conffo. 



12:i 



extends brondly into tlie occipital process. Eye small, alioiit 

 4 A times in snout ami ahout C\ times in iiiterorbital widtli. 

 Width of mouth al)(Mite<jiial to iiiterorbital width. Vomerine 

 teeth conical, fDiniiiij- a cresc(Mitic hand, which is nearly as 

 hroad as the preinaxillary hanii, which is al)Out 5 times as 

 long as hroad. Nasal harhel from A to ^ len<^tli of head ; 

 maxillary harhel not quite as \o\\rr as head, reaching to tip 

 of pectoral 8pine. Outer mandibular barbel about J and the 

 inner al><>ut .', length of head. 11 gill-rakers on anterior 

 arch. Clavicles not exposed. Dorsal 72, its distance from 



Piir. 1. 



Head of C'larioB luaUe. Nat. size. 



the occipital process a little more than half the length of the 

 head, its distance from caudal less than diameter of eye. 

 Anal about GO, its distance from caudal less than diameter of 

 eye. Pectoral about half as long as head ; the spine i 

 tiie length of the head, serrated in Iront. Ventrals not quite 

 1^ as distant from caudal as from end of snout. Caudal 

 about ^ of length of head. General colour blackish brown 

 above, not much paler below ; all barbels black. 



Two specimens, respectively 204 and 207 mm. Both from 

 Lnala Kiver, a tributary of the Congo, near Kinkengi, Lower 

 Congo. Collected by the iSwedish missionary, Mr. I3orrisson. 



Clariaa hrevinuchalis^ sp. n. 



A species belonging to the same group as C, liberiensis^ 

 Stc'indachner, but differing from the same by the short 

 distance between the occipital spine and the origin of the 

 dorsal, the quite diflerent position and shape of the 

 fontanelles, otc. 



