NEOLEBIAS. 



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little longer. Scales 32-36 in longitudinal series, 12 in transverse series, 

 10 between dorsal and ventral; lateral line, if at all developed, restricted 

 to 4 to 8 scales. Back pale brown ; a blackish lateral band, edged 

 above with yellow, extends from the eye to the base of the caudal ; 

 the parts below the lateral band uniform yellow; base of caudal 

 orange. 



Total length 45 millim. 



Liberia, South Cameroon, Gaboon. — Types in Leyden Museum. 



1. One o£ the types. Robertsfort, Liberia. Leyden Museum (E.). 



2-14. Ad. & hgr. Ja R. (Congo System) at G. L. Bates, Esq. (C). 



Bitye, S. Cameroon. 

 15. Skel. 



16-25. Ad. & hgr. 

 26-27. Ad. 



Nyong R., S. Cameroon. 

 Abanga R., Ogowe. 



Dr. W. J. Ansorge (C). 



2. NEOLEBIAS TRILINEATUS. 



Bouleng. Ann. Mas. Congo, Zool. i. p. 114 (1899), and Poiss. Bass. Congo, p. 184 

 (1901). 



Depth of body equal to length of head, 3f to 4 times in total length. 

 Diameter of eye 2J to 2§ times in length of head. Dorsal III 9-10. 

 Anal III 7. 33-34 scales in longitudinal series, 11 in transverse series, 



Eig. 196. 



Neolebias trilineatus. 

 Type. X 2. 



9 between dorsal and ventral. Otherwise as in the preceding. Yellow, 

 ■with three black lines on each side of the body, separated by silvery 

 ■white bands ; a round black spot, edged with white, on caudal peduncle, 

 at base of caudal fin. 



Total length 30 millim. 



Congo (Stanley Pool). — Types in Congo Museum, Tervueren. 

 1-2. Two of the types. Dolo, Stanley Pool. M. P. Delhez (C). 



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