358 



SILURID.E. 



a little nearer eye than end of snout ; maxillary barbel f to f length of 

 head, reaching or nearly reaching posterior border of head ; outer 

 mandibular barbel f to § length of head, inner about f. Gill-rakers 

 moderately long, 7 or 8 on lower part of anterior arch. Dorsal I G, 

 much nearer end of snout than root of caudal. Adipose dorsal low, 

 about twice as long as rayed dorsal, its length about •§ to f its distance 

 from latter. Anal III 6. Pectoral nearly as long as head. Ventral a 

 little shorter than pectoral, far behind base of dorsal. Caudal with 

 crescentic emargination. Caudal peduncle a little longer than deep. 

 Brownish above, uniform or spotted or marbled with darker; dorsal and 

 caudal more or less distinctly spotted with brown. 



Total length 85 millim. 



East Africa, westwards to Lakes Tanganyika and Nyassa. 



Dr. A. Giinther (P.). 

 Prof. 0. Neumann (C). 

 Prof. J. E.S. Moore (C). 



1-4. Types. 

 5. Hgr. 



6-7. Ad. 



8-9. Ad. 



10-12. Hgr.&yg. 



Sierra Leone (?). 

 Bubu R., German E. Africa. 

 Marshes near Mbeti, L. Tan- 

 ganyika. 

 Between Kondowe and Iv.i- 



ronga, L. Nyassa. 

 P. Ruo, Brit. C. Africa. 



A. Why te, Esq. (C); 

 Sir H.H.Johnston (P. 



5. AMPHILIUS HARGERI. 

 Bouleng. Ann. & Mag. N. H. (7) xx. 1907, p. 48*. 



Tig. 278. 



AmpJiilius haraeri. 

 Type, f 



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

 Head much depressed, slightly longer than broad ; snout broadly 

 rounded, nearly \ length of head ; eye very small, 9 times in length of 



