22 CYPKINODONTIDJE. 



the caudal fin ; female with scattered black spots or with a lateral series 

 of black spots and with or without traces of dark bars on the caudal. 



Total length 50 millim. 



Spain and Algeria (High Plateaux). — Types in Paris Museum. 



1-2. 



A,!. 



Barcelona, Spain. 



Frl.A.Fahr(C.): DrAV. 

 TTolterstorff (P.). 



3-4. 



Ad. 



Seville, Spain. 



Dr. H. Gadow (C). 



5-6. 



Ad. 



Kreider, Prov. Oran, Algeria. 



Dr. Sergent (C.) ; Paris 

 Museum (E.). 



7-8. 



Ad. 



)) 5' 



Dr. F. Werner (P.). 



2. TELLIA. 

 Gervais, Ann. Sc. Nat., Zool. (3) xix. 1853, p. 15. 



Distinguished from Cyprinodon by the absence of ventral fins. 

 A single species is known. 



1. TELLIA APODA. 



Gerv. 1. c, and Zool. Pal. Gener. p. 203, pi. xlv. fig. G (1869) ; Vai. C.R. Ac. Sc. 

 xlvi. 1858, p. 715 ; PlavL & Letouni. Ann. & Ma S . X. H. (4) via. 1871, 

 p. 390. 



In form stouter than Cyprinodon fasciatus. Depth of body 1\ to 

 3 times in total length, length of head 3 to H>\ times. Eye as long 

 as or a little longer than snout. 3^ to of times in length of head, 



Fig. 14. 



Tellia apoda. 

 cJ , Algeria. 



1J- times in interorbital width. Dorsal 13-15, originating slightly in 

 advance of anal and midway between head and base of caudal. Anal 

 13-14. Pectoral f length of head. Caudal rounded. Caudab peduncle 

 as long as deep. 26-28 scales in a longitudinal series, 24-28 round body 

 in front of anal. Greenish olive, with more or less distinct darker and 

 lighter cross-bars ; female with black spots on dorsal and anal ; male 



