:]o8 



SILURID.E. 



a Jittle nearer eye than end of snout ; maxillary barbel f to | length of 

 head, reaching or nearly reaching posterior border of head ; outer 

 mandibular barbel J to f length of head, inner about f . Gill-rakers 

 moderately long, 7 or 8 on lower part of anterior arch. Dorsal I 6, 

 much nearer end of snout than root of caudal. Adipose dorsal low, 

 about twice as long as rayed dorsal, its length about f to f its distance 

 from latter. Anal III 6. Pectoral nearly as long as head. Ventral a 

 little shorter than pectoral, far behind base of dorsal. Caudal with 

 crescentic emargination. Caudal peduncle a little longer than deep. 

 Brownish above, uniform or spotted or marbled with darker; dorsal and 

 caudal more or less distinctly spotted with brown. 



Total length 85 millim. 



East Africa, westwards to Lakes Tanganyika and Nyassa. 



1-4. Types. 

 5. Hgr. 

 G-7. Ad. 



8-l». Ad. 



10-12. Hur. &vi 



Sierra Leone (?). 



Bubu R., German E. Africa. 



Marshes near Mbeti, L. Tan- 

 ganyika. 



Between KonJowe and Ki- 

 ronga, L. Nyassa. 



K. Biio, Brit. C. Africa. 



Dr. A. Giinther (P.). 

 Prof. 0. Neumann (C). 

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



A. Whyte, Esq. (C); 

 Sir H.H. Johnston (P.). 



5. AMPHILIUS HARGERI. 

 Boulcng. Ann. & Mag. N. H. (7) xx. 1907, p. 488. 



ri-. 278. 



ADipJiilius haraeri. 

 Type, f.^ 



Depth of body 5i times in total length, length of head 43 times. 

 Head much depressed, slightly longer than broad ; snout broadly 

 rounded, nearly J length of head; eye very small, 9 times in length of 



