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the estuary of ne little Brak River in Mossel Bay, and. 
Callionymus costatus from off Cape St. Blaize. 
BounencER, G. A. Liste des Poissons recuellis par le R. P. Louis 
Jalla & Kasungula; haut Zambése. Boll. Mus. Zool. Anat. 
comp. Lonno; Vols, No 260) 2am 
Contains descriptions of new species of Chronvis and Henuw- 
chromis. 
Bouuencer, G. A. A Revision of the Genera and Species of the 
Family Mormyride. Proc. Zool. Soc., 1898, pp. 775-821, pl. li. 
This is a considerable family of fresh-water Fishes, found 
only in the rivers of Africa. They are specially remarkable for 
an organ on either side of the tail, having an electrical function. 
The family is not of very great importance in South Africa; out 
of 72 species distributed among 11 genera recognised by the 
author, four species are found in the Zambezi and one in the 
Cunene River. 
BouLENGER, G. A. Description of a New Genus of Perciform 
Fishes from the Cape of Good Hope. Annals 8. A. Mus. 1, 
pp. 379-380, pl. ix. 1899. 
This Fish, named by Mr. Boulanger Atyposoma gurneyt, is. 
allied to Parascorpis typus, and is known to the fishermen as 
the ‘‘ Melk fish.”” It is found in False Bay. 
Weser, M. Zur Kenntniss der Siisswasser Fauna von Stid-Afrika. 
2. Stisswasserfische von Siid-Afrika. Zool. Jahrb. Abt. f. Syst., 
x., pp. 142-155. 1897. 
A list of fresh-water Fishes obtained by the author when 
travelling through South Africa in 1894-5; among them some 
seven species are new to science; a discussion of the zoogeo- 
eraphical provinces of South Africa precedes the systematic 
portion. 
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