150 



CICHLID^:. 



Head nearly twice as long as broad ; snout rounded, witli concave upper 

 profile, slightly broader than long, about f postocular part of head ; 

 eye 5 times in length of head (3| times in young), twice (once in 

 young) in interoi'bital width, equal to prceorbital depth ; mouth rather 

 large, nearly f width of head, extending to between nostril and eye ; 

 teeth in o to 8 series (3 in young), 46 (young) to 90 in outer series of 

 upper jaw * ; 3 series of scales on the cheek, width of scaly part less 

 than diameter of eye. Gill-rakers short, 10 to 21 on lower part of 

 anterior arcli. Dorsal XVI-XVII 11-12 ; last spine longest, ^ length of 

 head; longest soft ray h to | length of head. Anal IV 10-11 ; fourth 

 spine longest, a little shorter than last dorsal. Pectoral as long as or 



Fi-. 97t. 



'rildpia fm uteri. 

 Type. |. 



a little shorter than head, rcacliing or nearly reaching vertical of origin 



of anal. Ventral reaching vent. Caudal truncate. Caudal peduncle 



a little longer than deep. Scales cycloid, 34-36 — ^ ; lateral lines ]^.' 

 ^ t J ' 14-1.) ' lo-id 



Dark brown, tinged with rusty; vertical fins and ventrals blackish. 

 Totfd length 300 miilim. 

 Kilimanjaro. 



1. Type, skill. Crater L:iko, Kilimanjaro. H. (\ V. Hunter, Esq. (P.). 



2-4. Yg., and liead L. Cliala, E. of Kilimanjaro. A. Blayney Percival, Esq. 

 of ad. (P.). 



* Some oP the outer teeth conical in tlie adult. 



t In tliis niul several of the following figures, one of tlie outer teeth of the upper 

 jaw is represented, strongly magnilied ; in all tlie figures the enlargement is the same in 

 proportion t-o the apeeinien. 



