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ClI AR ACINI D>'E. 



44. AJ. 



45. Ad. 

 4u. Ad. 

 47-48. Ad. 

 49-50. Ad. & hgr. 

 51. Ad. 



52-54. Ad. & hcrr. 

 55-58. Ad. & hgr. 

 59. Yg. 

 GO. Yg. 

 61. Ad. 

 02. Ad. 



G3-64. Ad. 

 05. Head of ad. 

 GO. Ad. 

 07-G8. Hgr. 

 09-74. Ad. & hgr. 



75. Hgr. 



76-78. Ad. & yg. 



79. Skull. 



80. Ad. 



81. Ad. 



82-83. Ad. & hgr. 



84. Skull. 



85. Hgr. 



Abu Hoor, Upper Nile. 

 Mirrwau, „ 



Korosko, „ 



Tbrim, „ 



Fergunt, „ 



Near Wady Haifa. 

 Kosheh, Upper Nile. 

 Khartum. 



Piosaires, Blue Nile. 

 Wad Medine, Blue Nile. 

 Jebelain, "White Nile. 

 Mouth of Lake No, White 



Nile. 

 Gondokoro, Bahr-el-Gebel. 

 Fajao, Victoria Nile. 

 Butyaba, Lake Albert. 

 Lake Gandjule (Margherita). 



St. Louis,^ Senegal. 

 Kaedi, „ 



Kurguel,near Matam, Senegal. 



Niger. 



Jebba, Upper Niger. 



L. Loat, Esq. (C). 



J. Petherick, Esq. (C). 

 Capt. S. Flower (P.). 

 L. Loat, Esq. (C). 



Assay, Lower Niger. 



J. S. Budgett, Esq. (P.). 



Prof. 0. Neumann (C). 

 Mr. P. C. Zaphiro (0.) ; 

 W.N.McMillan,Esq.(P.). 

 M. P. Delhez (C). 



W. A. Forbes, Esq. (P.). 

 Dr. C. Christy (P.). 

 Capt. G. F. Abadie (P.). 

 Dr. W. J. Ansorge (C). 



2. HYDROCYON LINEATUS. 



? Tlydroci/nus vittatus, Casteln. Mem. Poiss. Afr. Austr. p. 65 (1861). 



Hydrocyon lineatus, Bleek. Nat. Verb. Ver. Haarl. xviii. 1862, no. 2, p. 125 ; 

 Gunth. Cat. Fish. v. p. 352 (1864) ; M. Web. Zool. Jahrb., Syst. x. 1897, 

 p. 155 ; Bouleng. Poiss. Bass. Congo, p. 143 (1901) ; Werner, Sitzb. Ak. Wien, 

 cxv. i. 1900, p. 1126 ; Bouleng. Fish. Nile, p. 104, pi. xvii. fig. 2 (1907). 



Hydrocyon forskalii, part., Peters, Reise Mossamb. iv. p. 69 (1868). 



Hydrocyon forsJcalii (non Cuv.), Steind. Notes Leyd. Mus. xvi. 1894, p. 62. 



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

 A.\ times. Dorsal II 8-9, originating above or slightly in advance of 

 ventral. Anal III 10-13. Caudal peduncle 1^ to If times as long 

 as deep. Scales 44-48 jf^gf. Otherwise as in //. forskalii. Black 

 longitudinal streaks more strongly marked and extending to the series 

 of scales below the lateral line ; adipose dorsal with a deep black spot. 



