AUCHEXOGLANJS. 3/3 



Brown above, with ill-defined large round darker s})ots above the lateral 

 line and a longitudinal dark band below it ; belly whitish, rayed fins 

 without spots. 



Fi-. 2S8. 



A'tcliciioijUihis altipinms. 

 Type. |. 



Total length 210 miilim. 



South Cameroon (Ja liiver, Congo System). 



1. Type. Ju R. at E^amesa. 



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



5. AUCHEXOGLANIS BALLAYI. 



Pimelodus hahuj'i, Saiiv. Ball. Soc. Pliiloin. (7) iii. 1878, p. 98, and N. Arcli. ^liis. 



(2) iii. 1880, p. 44 ; Vaill. Ball. Soc. Pliilom. (8) vi. 1894, p. 77. 

 Pimelodus r/u'wali, Thomin. Ball. Soc. Phiiom. (7j x. 188G, p. 1G2, 

 Au.chenoglanu hallaf/i, Boalono-. Poiss. Bass. Congo, p. 295 (1901). 

 Auclienoyhuns puIcJier, Bonlen<>". Proc. Zool. Soc. 1902, i. p. 20 7, pi. xxix. fig. 2. 



Depth of body 4 to 5^ times in total length, length of head 3 to 3^ 

 times. Head moderately depressed, 1-g- to 1^ times as long as broad, its 

 upper surface smooth or feebly rugose; operculum with more or less 

 distinct radiating stri;e ; occii)ital process small, longer than broad, 

 narrowly but distinctly separated from the feebly developed interneural 

 plate ; snout pointed, ^ or a little more than ^ length of head ; eye 

 supero-lateral, 7 to 10 times in length of head, 2 to 3 times in inter- 

 orbital width ; nioulh small, nearly terminal, w'uh thick pai)illose lips , 



