VAEICORHINUS. ' 357 



orbital width ; a minute barbel at angle of mouth ; horny conical or 

 subconical tubercles in 2 or 3 series round snout and below eye, the 

 largest on the sides. Dorsal IV 9-10, nearer occiput than root of 

 caudal, originating a little in advance of ventrals, border not or but 

 slightly emarginate, sometimes even slightly convex; last simple ray 

 very strong, bony, smooth, more or less curved, its bony part usually as 

 long as or a little shorter than head in young, f to f length of head in 

 adult. Anal III 5, longest ray a little shorter than head. Pectoral 

 nearly as long as head, not reaching ventral. Caudal deeply forked. 

 Caudal peduncle If to 2 times as long as deep. Scales 30-35 ^f^, 2-3 

 between lateral line and ventral, 12 round caudal peduncle. Grey or 

 green above, base of scales blue, yellowish below ; fins bluish or pinkish 

 grey. 



Total length 300 millim. 



Lake Tsana and rivers of Abyssinia (Blue Nile and liawash Systems). — 

 Type in Senckenberg Museum, Frankfort (M.). 



1-6. Ad. Zegi, Lake Tsana. Mr. E. Degon (C). 



7. Skel. „ 



8-14. Ad., hgr., & Bahardar, Lake Tsana. „ 



yg- 



15-19. Ad. & hgr. Metti R., affluent of Gudar R., Mr. P. C. Zaphiro (C.) ; 



3500 £t. W. N. McMillan, Esq. (P.). 



20. Hgr. Didessa P., Guma, 1500 ft. „ 



21. Ad. Juju R., affluent of Didessa P., 



2000 ft. 



22. Hgr. Urgessa P., Limmu, 2300 ft. 



23-27. Ad. & ligr. Hurso P., Upper Adal, 2000 ft. Mr. E. Degeu (C). 

 28. Ad. Marmasa, Gota P., affluent of „ 



Hawash P., 1500 ft. 

 29-32. Ad. & ligr. Ze Kuala, Hawash P., 4100 ft. Mr. P. C. Zaphiro (C.) ; 



AV.N. McMillan, Esq. (P.). 



5. VARICOPHINUS MAROGCANUS. 

 Pterocapoeta maroccana, Giinth. Nov. Zool. ix. 1902^ p. 446, pi. xxii. 

 Varkorliimis maroccanus, Bouleng. Ann. & M;ig. N. H. (7) xvi. 1905, p. 43. 



Depth of body 3|- to 4J times in total length, length of head 4 to 4f 

 times. Snout rounded, much broader than long, its length J to f length 

 of head; eye supero-lateral or nearly lateral, its diameter 4 (young) to 

 6 times in length of head, 2 to 3 times in interoibital width ; mouth 

 wide, curved, its width i to f length of head ; a minute barbel, hidden 



