360 



SlLURIDyE. 



maxillary barbel about f length of head, reaching root of pectoral or 

 not quite so far ; outer maiulibular barbel o ^o § length of head, inner 

 about ^. Gill-rakers moderately long, 5 or 6 on lower part of anterior 

 arch. Dorsal I 6, much nearer end of snout than root of caudal. 

 Adipose dorsal low, 1 to H limes as long as rayed dorsal, about half as 

 long as its distance from latter. Anal 11 6-7. Pectoral f to f lengtn 

 of head. Ventral a little shorter than pectoral, far behind base of 

 dorsal. Caudal with crescentic emargination. Caudal peduncle as long 

 as deep or a little longer than deep. Dark olive-brown above, with 

 darker spots or marblings and usually with 4 to G more or less distinct 

 large transverse yellowish spots on the back ; fins light, with dark spots, 

 which may be disposed in transverse series ; caudal nsually with two 

 regular blackish bars, or blackish at the base, with a large blackish 

 blotch on each lobe. 



Total length 140 millim. 



South Cameroon. 

 1. Type. 



2-10. Ad. & hgr. 

 11. Skel. 



12-21. Ad., hgr.,&yg. 

 22-29. 



Hills in Buhl Country, near 

 EEulen, 1500-2000 ft. 



Kribi ]{. 

 Lobi R. 



G. L. Bates, Esq. (C). 



7. AMPHILIUS ATESIJENSIS. 



Amphilius jylatijcliir (non Gunth. 1864), Gilnth. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1U02, ii. p. 33G. 

 Amphilius atesuensis, Bouleng. Ann. & Mag. N. II. (7) xiv. 1904, p. 17. 



Fie. 280 



Amphilhis atcsnciisis. 

 Type, f 



Depth of body 5 to 6 times in total length, length of head 4 to 4^ 



