52 Mr. E. S. Russell on 



liead, its distance from the caudal equal to diameter of eye. 

 Anal 70-73j nearly reaching the caudal. Pectoral | to § 

 length of head, the spine smooth and about | the length of 

 the fin. Ventral once and § to once and | as distant from 

 base of caudal and from end of snout, 

 head. Dark brown above, whitish beneath. 



Q'otal length 225 mm. 



One specimen from the Kribi River and one from the Lobi 

 River. 



Eleotris krihensis. 



Body cylindrical or a little compressed, its depth 4 to 5 

 times in total length ; length of head 3 to 3^ times in total 

 length. Head broader than deep, naked; snout broad, 

 rounded, as long as or a little longer than the eye, the diameter 

 of which is 4 to 4| times in length of head and equal to or a 

 little less than interorbital width ; lower jaw projecting ; 

 maxillary extending to below anterior third or centre of eye ; 

 no canine teeth ; no praopercular spine. Dorsals VI^ I 8-9, 

 well separated from each other, longest rays not longer than 

 head. Anal I 7, opposite to second dorsal. Pectoral | to f 

 length of head, a little longer than ventral. Caudal rounded, 

 a little shorter than head. Caudal peduncle once and ^ to once 

 and I as long as deep. Scales smooth on the nape, strongly 

 ciliated on the body, 32 to 35 in a longitudinal series, 12 

 between origin of dorsal and anal. Yellowish to brown, 

 dotted with darker, with or without five or six ill-defined 

 dark cross-bands ; a blackish bar at the root of the caudal 

 fin ; fins brown or blackish and white-edged in males, whitish 

 with blackish spots in females. 



Total length 50 mm. 



Numerous specimens from the Kribi River. 



X.— The Atractylis coccinea of T. S. Wright. 

 By E. S. Russell, Al.A. 



This hydroid was described by Wright (Ann. Nat. Hist, 

 ser. 3, viii. (1861) p. 130) in the following words: — 



" Atracii/lis coccinea, n. sp. 



" Polypidom creeping, widely reticulate. Polyp fusiform, 

 set at an obtuse angle to its stalk, rich crimson or pink, with 

 eight alternating tentacles, four long and four short." 



