52 Mr. E. S. Russell on 



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

 Anal 70-735 nearly reaching the caudal. Pectoral g 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. Caudal § length ot 

 Lead. Dark brown above, whitish beneath. 



Total length 225 mm. 



One specimen from the Kribi River and one from the Lobi 

 River. 



Eleotris h-'ibensis. 



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

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

 length. Hiad 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 interoibital width; lower jaw projecting; 

 maxillary extending to below anterior third or centre of eye ; 

 no canine teeth ; no pra^opercular sj)ine. Dorsals VI, I 8-9, 

 well separated fiom each other, longest rays not longer than 

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

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

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

 and I as long as deep. Scales smooth on the najje, 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 b'uckish 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, M. A. 



Tins hydroid was described by Wright (Ann. Nat. Hist. 

 ser. 3, viii. (1861) p. ]30) in the following words: — 



" Atractylis 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." 



