194 CYPBINIDJE. 



with other unica in the Abyssinian Collection. The specimens described by Dr. Vinci- 

 guerra in 1883 were obtained by Marquis Antinori in the Guna-gunit torrent, S.E. of 

 Licce, in Shoa. Dr. Gestro, to whom I applied for information, has been unable to 

 trace the exact position of this torrent, but from its situation S.E. of Licce, it is probably 

 in the Hawash watershed. 



On his journey in Abyssinia, Mr. Degen first obtained the fish in the Hurso River, a 

 fast-running mountain-stream in the Upper Adal country, altitude about 7000 feet ; then 

 at Marmasa, in the Gota River, flowing northwards from the Jebel-Ahmar Mountain, 

 altitude about 5000 feet. Most of the specimens brought home by Mr. Degen are 

 from Zegi and Bahardar, where great numbers are sold on the market, where the fish 

 is called Beso by the natives. Both the Hurso and the Gota Rivers are outside the 

 Nile water-system, draining into the Hawash. Quite lately, further specimens have 

 been collected by Mr. Zaphiro in the Metti River, in the Diclessa River and its 

 affluents the Juju River and the Urgessa River, tributaries of the Blue Nile, at 

 altitudes of 1500 to 3500 feet. 



List of specimens examined : — 



9 Zegi, L. Tsana. — Degen, 6.02. 



6 Bahardar, L. Tsana. — Degen, 1.6.02. 



12 Metti River, affluent of Gudar River, 3500 feet.— -Zaphiro, 22.4.05. 



2 Didessa River, Guma, 1500 feet. — Zaphiro, 6.5.05. 



1 Juju River, affluent of Didessa River, 2000 feet. — Zaphiro, 10.5.05. 



2 Urgessa River, Limmu, 2300 feet. — Zaphiro, 2.5.05. 



5 Hurso River, Upper Adal, 2000 feet.— Degen, 17.1.02. 



1 Marmasa, Gota River, Hawash, 1500 feet. — Degen, 21.1.02. 



7 Ze Kuala, Hawash, 4100 feet.— Zaphiro, 29.1.05. 



Nothing is known of the habits of this curious fish. 



