PilOTOPTERUS. 21 



1. Hgr. Gambia. Sir R. Owen (P.). 



2, 3. Ad., stffid. „ Crystal Palace Co. (P.). 

 4-7. Hgr. „ Lord Derby (P.). 



8, 9. Ad. & yg. „ J. S. Budgett, Esq. (P.). 



10, 11. Ad. & yg. „ Capt. Vipan (P.). 



12. Skel. 



13. Skull. 

 14-16. Hgr. 



17-19. Cocoons. Sierra Leone. Col. Hill (P.). 



20-21. Yg. Agberi, S. Nigeria. Dr. W. J. Ansorge (C.), 



22. Yg. Assay, 



23, 24, 25. Ad. & yg. „ „ J. S. Budgett, Esq. (Pi). 

 26. Yg. Tidal Creek, Mkonumbi, Dr. J. W. Gregory (P.). 



Brit. E. Africa. 

 27-29. Hgr. & yg. Zanzibar Coast (?). Sir J. Kirk (P.). 



30, 31. Ad. Mozambique. 



32. Ad. Chiromo, Shire R. R. MacDonald, Esq. (P.). 



2. PROTOPTERUS 2ETHIOPICUS. 



Protopteiiis <etldopicus, Heckel, Sitzb. Ak. Wien, vii. 1851, p. G85 ; Marno, Zool. 



Gart. xiv. 1873, p. 441 ; Bouleng. Poiss. Bass. Congo, p. 36 (1901), and Proc. 



Zool. Soc. 1901, ii. p. 158 ; Moore, Tanganyika Problem, p. 152, fig. (1902) ; 



Bouleng. Trans. Zool. Soc. xvii. 1906, p. 544 ; Werner, Sitzb. Ak. Wien, 



cxv. i. 1906, p. 1121 ; Bouleng. Fish. Nile, p. 19, pi. iv. (1907). 

 Lepidosiren arnaudii, Casteln. Anim. Nouv. Amer. Sud, p. 105 (1855). 

 Lepidosiren annectens (uon Owen), Gray, Ann. & Mag. N. H. (3) v. 1860, p. 70 ; 



McDonnell, Nat. Hist. Rev. vii. 1860, p. 94 ; Baker, Albert Nyanza, ii. p. 131 



(1866) ; Giinth. Petherick's Trav. ii. p. 268 (1869). 

 Protopterus annectens, Hartmann, Nat. Skizze Nilliind. p. 202 (1865). 

 Protoptetnts annectenn, part., A. Dum. Hist. Poiss. ii. p. 470 (1870) ; Giinth. Cat. 



Fish. viii. p. 322 (1870) ; A. Selmeid. Zool. Beitr. ii. 1887, p. 98. 



Depth of body 7 to 9^ times in the total length. Length of head 3-f 

 to 5 times in distance from end of snout to vent ; snout broadly rounded, 

 \ to -5- length of head ; eye very small, its diameter 10 to 20 times in 

 length of head (in half-grown and adult), 3 to 5 times in interocular 

 width. 55—41 pairs of ribs. Dorsal fin originating at equal distance 

 from occiput and from vent, or nearer latter. Fore limb the longer 

 and provided with a well-developed fringe ; no fringe on the hind limb. 

 55 to 70 scales in a longitudinal series from gill-opening to above 

 the vent, 40 to 50 round middle of body. Grey or olive-brown to 

 blackish above, yellowish white or pinkish beneath, more or less spotted 

 or speckled with black ; lines of sensory canals brown or black. 



