168 ADDENDA, VOL. I. 



scarcely bent downwards, its length little more than | postocnlar part 

 of head ; chin slightly swollen. Teeth notched, 7 or 8 in upper jaw, 

 1 1 in lower ; eye moderate, its diameter 2\ times in length of snout, 

 twice in interorbital width. Dorsal 62-68, originating well in advance 

 of ventral, 4^ to 4J times as long as deep. Anal 18-19, originating 

 nearer base of caudal than base of pectoral. Pectoral rounded, a little 

 more than ^ length of head, 3 times length of ventral. Caudal scaled 

 at the base, with obtusely pointed lobes. Caudal peduncle IJ times as 



15 



long as deep. 90-92 scales in lateral line, 20I22 ^^ transverse series on 



1 q 



body, j3 in transverse series between dorsal and anal, 18 round caudal 

 peduncle. Brownish, with silvery sheen ; fins dark. 



Total length 153 millim. 



Upper Zambesi. — Types in Paris Museum. 



Distinguished from M. ancldetce by the less bent snont, more scales 

 in the lateral line, and fewer round the caudal peduncle. 



Fig. 110. 



Jlonnyrus bumbanus. 

 Type. i. 



3 a. MORMYRUS BUMBANUS. 

 Bouleng. Ann. & Mag. N. H. (8) iv. 1909, p. 186. 

 Monv^rrcs hahereri, Steind. Anz. Ak. Wien, 1912, p. 443, and Denkschr, Ak. 



\Vien. Ixxxix. 1913, jx 9, fig. 

 Mormyrusjw, Bouleng. Ann. & Mag. N. H. (8) xiv. 1914, p. 383. 



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

 Head a httle longer than deep, with strongly curved upper profile; 

 snout short, measuring f postorbital part of head; mouth terminal; 

 teeth small, feebly notched, 5 or 7 in upper jaw, 8 or ]0 in lower; 



