VI INTRODUCTION. 



to the first volume of this Catalogue, are the collections made by 

 Mr. G. L. Bates (Cameroon), Dr. E. Bayon (Uganda), Major G. E. 

 Bruce (Transvaal and Lagos), Dr. C. Christy (Congo), Mr. T. Codrington 

 (Zambesi), Capt. R. D. Gardner (Nigeria), Mr. S. L. Hinde (Kenya 

 district of E. Africa), Mr. W. P. Lowe (Liberia), M. E. Luja (Congo), 

 Mr. F. H. Melland (Lake Bangwelu), Mr. A. Blayney Percival (British 

 E. Africa), Capt. E. L. Rhoades (Lake Nyassa), Dr. H. G. F. Spurrell 

 (Gold Coast), Dr. L. Stappers (Lakes Tanganyika and Mweru), Mr. N. 

 W. Thomas (Sierra Leone), and the late Mr. R. B. Woosnam (Ruwenzori 

 and Lake Ngami Basin). 



Numerous new Cyprinids have recently been added to the fauna of 

 South Africa by Dr. J. D. F. Gilchrist and Mr. W. Wardlaw Thompson, 

 and most of the figures which accompany their descriptions in the 

 ' Annals of the South African Museum ' have been reproduced in the 

 Appendix to Vols. I. and II., by the kind permission of the Director 

 of the South African Museum, Dr. L. Peringuey. 



G. A. BOULENGER. 



Zoological Department, 



British Museum, 



20th November, 1915. 



