296 ADDENDA, VOL. II. 



12. PHYSAILIA, Blgr. 



1. PHYSAILIA PELLUCIDA, Blgr. 

 Add:— 



19-20. Hgr. Greek W. of Lagos. Major G. E. Bruce (P.). 



21. Hgr. Old Calabar. Mr. J. Paul Arnold (P.). 



2 a. PHYSAILIA ANSORGII. 

 Bouleng. Ann. & Mag. N. H. (8) vi. 1910, p. 557. 



Depth of body 4| times in total length, length of head 5 times. 

 Snout broad, rounded, not projecting beyond mouth, a little shorter than 

 eye ; latter perfectly lateral, 3 times in length of head, and a little less 

 than interocular width, which equals width of mouth. Nasal barbel 

 f total length, maxillary and mandibular ^. Pectoral as long as head, 

 extending beyond root of ventral, spine serrated on inner side. Ventral 

 very small, 2^ times as distant from caudal as from end of snont. Anal 

 60-65, narrowly separated from caudal, which is deeply forked, with 

 pointed lobes. Yellowish, more or less dotted with black, especially on 

 the back and anal fin ; lateral line black. 



Total lengih 63 millim. 



Angola. 

 1. Type. Quanza R. at Cunga. Dr. W. J. Ansorge (C). 



Intermediate between P. pellncida and P. somalensis ; distinguished 

 from the former by longer barbels, from the latter by the serrated 

 pectoral spine. 



?>a. PHYSAILIA VILLIERSI. 

 Bouleng. Ann. Mus. Congo, Zool. ii. 3, p. 17, pi. xvii. fig. 6 (1912). 

 ? PlnjsaUia occidental^, Pappenh. in Scliubotz, W'Jss. Ergebn. Deutsch. Z.-Afr. 

 Exited., Zool. iii. p. 248 (1914). 



Depth of body 4 to 4-^ times in total length, length of head 5 to 

 b\ times. Snout rounded, not extending beyond mouth, shorter than 

 eye, which is perfectly lateral and 2^ (young) to 3 times in length of 

 head and equal or nearly equal to interocular width ; nasal barbel a 

 little shorter than maxillary and mandibulars, which measure -j to f 

 total length. Gill-rakers long and slender, about 30 on lower part 

 of anterior arch. Pectoral as long as head or a little shorter, reachinc 

 ventral or a little beyond, spine rather feeble and without serration. 



