364 Mr. G. A. Boulenger on new 
length of head; adipose eyelid feebly developed ; inter- 
orbital width 24 to 22 times in length of head. Gill-rakers 
thin and rather short, 12 or 18 on lower part of anterior 
arch. Dorsal II 8, originating above inner ray of ventral, 
at equal distance from end of snout and from caudal; 
longest ray nearly as long as head. Anal III 15-16. 
Pectoral not reaching ventral. jose! peduncle a little 
longer than deep. Scales 23-24 * gn 2 between lateral line 
and ventral. Silvery; a blackish lateral band, widening 
from the gill-cover to below the dorsal. 
Total length 80 mm. 
Lufuko River at Pala. 
Near A. kingsleye, Gthr., but dorsal a little further back, 
fewer gill-rakers, and lateral band complete. 
Varicorhinus stappersii. 
Depth of body 33 to 32 times in total length, length of 
head 43 to 5 times. Snout rounded, broader than long, 
2+ length of head ; eye supero-lateral, 5 times in length of 
head, 2 to 24 times in interorbital width; mouth very feebly 
curved, its width 3 length of head ; 2 barbels on each side, 
anterior as long as eye, posterior 14 as long. Dorsal II1 9, 
equally distant from centre of eye and from caudal ; last 
simple ray strong, bony, not serrated, its stiff portion 
measuring a little more than 4, or nearly 2, length of head. 
Anal II 5. Pectoral not reaching ventral, which is inserted 
below anterior rays of dorsal. Caudal peduncle 12 to nearly 
2 times as long as deep. Scales 30-31 z, 24 between lateral 
line and ventral, 12 round caudal peduncle. Brown above, 
whitish beneath, the demarcation line passing through the 
middle of the series of scales below the lateral line. 
Total length 300 mm. 
Lufuko River at Nganza. 
Near V. drucii, Blgr., but mouth wider and barbels longer. 
Barbus teniopleura. 
Depth of body 33 to 32 times in total length, length of 
head 4 to 45 times. Snout rounded, as long as eye, which 
is 84 to 84 times in length of head; interorbital width 24 
times in length of head ; mouth small, subinferior ; ive 
feebly developed ; 2 barbels on each side, anterior ts to 12 
times diameter of eye, posterior 14 to 2 times. Dorsal 
III 8, equally distant from centre of eye and from caudal, 
border very feebly notched, last simple ray flexible, as long 
