37H 



Annul* of the 



African 



scarcely emarginate ; last simple ray rather feeble, bony, not 

 serrated, nearly f length of head. Anal iii 5 ; reaching root of 

 caudal. Pectoral f length of head, not reaching ventral; base of 

 latter slightly behind origin of dorsal. Caudal peduncle 1^ times as 

 long as deep. Scales longitudinally striated, 33 ^--, 3 between lateral 



line and ventral, 12 round caudal peduncle. 



Olive-brown above, yellow beneath ; lips and barbels dull flesh- 

 colour ; fins pale yellow, shaded with dull yellowish brown. 



Total length 350 millim. 



Interior of South Africa." 



6. BAKBUS KIMBEKLEYENSIS, n. sp. 



Depth of body 4i times in total length excluding caudal, length of 

 head 3i times. Snout 3 times in length of head and 1 T 7 ^ times in 

 postocular portion of head ; eye 6i times in length of head, inter- 

 orbital width 4 times ; mouth terminal, its width 22 times in length 

 of head ; lips thick. Two barbels on each side, sub-equal and a little 

 longer than diameter of eye. A row of tubes, with open pores, 



FIG 38. Bui-bus kimbe-rlcycnxix. 



extending from below nostrils round each orbit to origin of lateral 

 line and joined by a row across occiput. 



Dorsal iv 9 ; its distance from occiput equals 1^ times its distance 

 from root of caudal, border nearly straight; last simple ray strong, 

 bony, not serrated, nearly straight, its rigid part a little more than 

 J length of head. Anal iii 5 ; scarcely reaching to caudal. Pectoral 

 nearly T 7 ^ length of head, not reaching to ventral ; base of latter 

 partly in front of dorsal. Caudal peduncle nearly twice as long as 



