626 DR. A. Gt'XTHER OX REPTILES, BATRACHTAXS, AXD [Xov. 7, 



IlEMicniioMis AFEE, sp. n. (Plate LYII. fig. B.) 

 D. g\ A. g. L. lat. 30. L. trausv. j^. 



Teeth conical, eighteen on each side of the outer series of the 

 upper jaw. Scales below the eye in four rather irregular series ; 

 those on the neck and anterior part of the back much smaller than 

 those of the body. In a specimen 4 inches long the diameter 

 of the eye equals the width of the praeorbital and the depth of the 

 scaly portion of the cheek, but is less than the width of tjie inter- 

 orbital space, which is convex. The angle formed by the prse- 

 opercular limbs is a j-ight one. Snout short and obtuse, shorter than 

 the postorbital portion of the head, the lower ja\y not projecting 

 beyond the upper. The height of the body is somewhat more than 

 the length of the head and equal to one third of the total (without 

 caudal). Dorsal spines of moderate strength and length, the longest 

 being about two fifths of the length of the eye. Pectoral fin 

 reaching to the vent. Body uniform more or less dark brown, a 

 spot on the end of the opercle and all the fins deep black. 



Gill-rakers short, some of them T- or hammer-shaped. 



Two specimens, the longer 4 inches long, were collected by 

 the Eev. J. A. Williams. 



Bagrus meridioxalis, sp. n. 



This species is closely allied to B. hayad, agreeing with this 

 JVilotic form in the shape and configuration of the head and the 

 number of fin-rays, but the dorsal and pectoral spines are much 

 \^eaker, scarcely stronger than the rays ; the maxillary barbels are 

 shorter, only about as long as the head ; and the adipose fin 

 occupies a much shorter space of the back, its distance from the 

 dorsal fin being equal to the length of the latter. 



The dry skin of a specimen 2'2h inches long has been sent by 

 Mr. Johnston from the Upper Shire Eiver ; of course, it would 

 occur also in the Lake itself, and it probably reaches to a very 

 considerable size, like its congeners. 



ExGEAULiCTPEis, g. n. Cyprin. 



Shape of the head and body elongated, cylindrical like that of an 

 Anchovy. Scales of moderate size, deciduous. Lateral line? 

 Dorsal fin short, with less than nine branched rays, opposite to the 

 commencement of the anal. Anal fin with about fourteen rays. 

 Snout compressed, with the mouth of moderate width, lateral; the 

 upper jaw almost entirely hidden below the large praeorbital. Sub- 

 orbitals covering nearly the entire cheek. Gill-rakers very slender. 

 Pharyngeal teeth in a double series, pointed. 



Engraulictpris pixgos, sp. n. 



D. 11. A. 14. L. transv. 9 or 10. 

 Body very low, subcylindrical, its depth being one sevenih or 

 cue eighth of the total length without caudal ; the length of the 



