rUNDULUS. 30 



1-5. Ad. Nyono- R. at Akonoliiigu, (J. L. Bates, Esq. (('.). 



S. (^aiucroon. 



(;-9. Ad. Calabar. Mr. J. I^iul Arnold (V.). 



10-] 1. Ad. Sherboro. 



l-2-i:]. H-r. Axim, Gold CWst. :\Jr. A. Uacliow (i\). 



IC. FUNDULUS MICUOLEPLS. 

 Vinci <>■. Ann. Mus. Genova, (2) xvii. 18'J7, p. 35(5. 



Depth of body nearly equal to length of head, 3 to ?)^ times in total 

 length. Head fiat above, as deep as broad ; mouth dii-ectcd upwards ; 

 lower jaw projecting; snout 3 to 3^^ times in length of head ; eye 5i to 

 G times in length of head, 2f to 2J times in interorbital width. Dorsal 

 lG-17, originating a little nearer head than root of caudal. Anal 17-18, 

 opposite to dorsal. Pectoral reaching ventral, or a little beyond. Caudal 

 subtruncate. 40-42 scales in longitudinal series, 26-28 in transverse 

 series. Yellowish grey ; a black band from one angle of the mouth to 

 the other, passing through the eyes and over the nape. 



Total length Go millim. 



Between Brava and Lugh, Somaliland. — Types in Genoa Museum. 



17. PUNDULUS NISORIUS. 

 Gope, Proc. Anier. Philos. Soc. xi. 1871, p. 450. 



Depth of body 3| times in total length, length of head 4 times. 

 Eye 4 times in length of head and twice in interorbital width. Dorsal 

 12. Anal 10-11, originating about opposite to middle of dorsal. Scales 

 3G in longitudinal series, 12 in transverse series. Light brown, male 

 faintly cross-banded. 



Total length 100 millim. 



Gaboon. — Types in Museum of Academy of Phihulelphia. 



18. FUNDULUS GAPEXISIS. 

 Garnian, Mem. Mas. Gump. Zool. xi\. 1, 181)5, p. IG). 



Head broad, depressed, crown flat ; snout short, rounded ; eye nearly 

 twice length of snout, 2 J times in length of head, little less than inter- 

 orbital width. Dorsal 13, originaing midway between centre of eye and 

 base of caudal, and slight' '• i:i .,;;--ince of vent. Anal 13, originating 



