'^<b silurid.'l:. 



rather strong serrae on inner side. Ventral not reaching anal. Caudal 

 rounded (?j. Dark brown above, whitish beneath. 



Total length 165 millim. 



Ubanghi. — Type in Congo Museum, Tervueren. 



7. AUCHENOGLANIS PUNCTATUS. 

 Bouleng. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1902, i. p. 267, pi. xxix. fig. 1. 



Depth of body o times in total length, length of head B times. Head 

 smooth, 1^ times as long as broad ; snout pointed, h length of head ; 

 eye 6 times in length of head, hardly twice in interocular width ; width 

 of mouth more than half that of the head ; lips wide, papillose ; 

 })r8Bmaxillary teeth forming a short and narrow band, the mandibulars 

 two rounded groups ; maxillary barbel as long as head, reaching middle 

 of pectoral spine ; outer mandibular barbel 1§ times length of head, 

 inner ^ ; occipital process small, as long as eye, separated from the 

 interneural shield, which is very small. Humeral process small, pointed. 

 Dorsal I 7 ; spine smooth, f length of head. Adipose dorsal 4 times as 

 long as deep, nearly reaching caudal, narrowly separated from rayed 

 dorsal. Pectoral spine half as long as head, its inner edge strongly 



Fi- 291. 



Auchenoylaius piuictatiis. 

 Type(P. Z. S. J'JU2). 



serrated. Ventral not reaching anal. Anal 10 (7 rays branched). 

 Caudal rounded. Pale brownish, with seven indistinct darker bars, each 

 accompanied by a vertical series of black dots ; belly white ; dorsal and 

 caudal fins witli traasverse scries of dark spots. 



Total length 80 millim. 



Lindi River, Upper Congo. — lype in Brussels Museum. 



