256 Mr. C. T. Uegan — Classification of 



anteriorly ; maxillary extending to between nostril and eye; 

 an outer' scries of bicuspid teeth, followed by 1 or 2 series 

 of smaller tricuspid teetli ; 30 to 50 teeth in outer series of 

 upper jaw. 3 to 5 series of scales on cheek. 8 to 10 gill- 

 rakers on lower part of anterior arch. Pharyngeal teeth 

 small, compressed, hooked. Scales cycloid or finely den- 

 ticulate, 30 to 33 in a longitudinal series, 4 or 5 from origin 

 of dorsal to lateral line, 6 to 8 between pectoral and pelvic 

 fins. Dorsal XIV-XVI 9-12; last spine J^ to f length of 

 head. Anal III 7-9 ; third spine stronger than and as long 

 as last dorsal. Pectoral g to | head, not reaching anal. 

 Caudal rounded. Caudal peduncle H to 1^ a« long as deep. 

 Greyish ; an opercular spot ; soft dorsal and caudal with 

 series of small spots. 



Angola. Zambesi ? 



Seven specimens, 70 to 125 mm. in total length, from the 

 LucuUa and Que Rivers. 



8. Haplochromis multioceUatns, Bouleng. 



Pelmutochromis multwccl/afus, Bouleng. Cat. Afr. Fish. iii. p. 409, 

 fig. 279. 



Very near H. darlinyi^ differing as follows : — Pharyngeal 

 teeth small, compressed, hooked, only those of the 2 median 

 series enlarged, stout, subconical. Pectoral f length of 

 head. Caudal peduncle only slightly longer than deep. 



Luculla River, Angola. 



The type measures 120 mm. in total length. 



9. Haplochromis darlingi, Bouleng. 



Pehiatochromis darllngi, Bouleng. Cat. Afr. Fish. iii. p. 410, fig. 280. 

 ParatUapia arnoldi, Gilchr. & Thouipe. Ann. S. Afric. Mus. xi. 1918, 

 p. 521. 



Depth of body 2f to 3 in length, length of head about 3. 

 Snout a little longer than diameter of eye, which is 3§ in 

 length of head, greater than prseorbital depth, about equal 

 to depth of cheek ; interorbital width 4| to 5 in length of 

 head. Jaws equal anteriorly; maxillary extending to ver- 

 tical from anterior edge of eye ; teeth conical, triscriai, 50 to 

 60 in outer series of upper jaw. 4 series of scales on cheek. 

 7 to 10 gill-rakers on lower part of anterior arch. Middle 

 pharyngeal teeth stout and obtuse. Scales cycloid or feebly 

 denticulate, 32 in a longitudinal series, I from origin of 

 dorsal to lateral line, 6 between pectoral and pelvic fins. 



