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SILUKID.E. 



L. Loat, Esq. (C). 

 J. S. Budgett, Esq. (P.). 

 Prof. J. E. S.Moore (C). 

 Dr. Donaldson Smith (C). 

 Mr. P. C. Zaphiro(C.); 



W. N.MacMillan,Esq.(P.) 

 Capt. G. B. Gosling (P.). 

 Paris Museum (E.). 



Mr. J. T. Dalton (C). 

 J. S. Budgett, Esq. (P.). 

 Dr. W. J. Ansorge (C). 



^■> 

 H. L. Norton Traill, Esq. (C.). 

 Major G. E. Bruce (P.). 

 M. P. Delhoz (C.). 



Rev. J. H. Weeks (P.). 

 Capt. Wilverth (C). 

 Brussels University. 

 Zoological Society. 



8. (^LARIAS MELLANDL 



Bouleng. Ann.' & Mag. N. H. (7) xvi. 1905, p. 644, and Proe. Zool. Soc. 1907, 

 p. 1074, fig. 



Depth of body 5J times in total length, length of head 3J times. 

 Head once and § as long as broad, feebly granulate above; occipital 

 process angular ; frontal fontanelle knife-shaped, ^ length of head ; 

 occipital fontanelle very small, in advance of occipital process; eye 

 3^ times in length of snout, 5^ times in interorbital width, which 

 exceeds width of mouth and equals ^ length of head ; band of prse- 

 maxillary teeth 4 times as long as broad ; vomerine teeth granular, 

 forming a large semielliptic patch, squarely truncate behind, its longi- 

 tudinal diameter 3 times that of the band of prsemaxillary teeth ; nasal 

 barbel f length of head ; maxillary barbel | length of head, reaching 

 gill-opening ; outer mandibular barbel f length of head. Gill-rakers 

 long, about 35 on anterior arch. Clavicles striated, distinct under the 

 thin skin. Dorsal G5, its distance from occipital process ^ length of 

 head, its distance from caudal fin ^ length of head. Anal 55, very 

 narrowly separated from caudal. Pectoral f length of head, its spine 



