214: 



ADDENDA, VOL. r. 



2. VAKICORHIXUS BTIUCIT, Blgr. 

 (iilcliii.~t & Thompson, Ann. S. Afr. Mus. xi. 1913, p. .'iGl. 

 Barhits oliphanti, Keillmck, Mitth. Zool. Mus. Bed. v. 1910, p. 101. 



Add :— 

 2. AJ. Tn.nsvaiil. 



Dr. J. D. F. ailchrist (P.). 



2a. VARICORHINUS ENSIFEH. 

 Boulengor, Ann. & Mag. N. II. (8) vi. 1910, p. .')4."). 



Deptli of body S^ to 4 times in total length, length of head 4^ to 5^ 

 times. Snout rounded, a little broader than long, as long as or a little 

 longer than eye, which is about 3 times in length of head and 1^ to If 

 times in interorbital width; mouth straight, its width about ^ length 

 of head, with a thick upper lip covered with round papilla); similar 



Fi?. ].'^4. 



VaricorJdnvs ensifer. 

 Type. |. ■ 



papillce behind tlie cutting-edge of the lower jaw; two barbels on eacli 

 side, anterior minute, posterior about ^ diameter of eye. Males with 

 large horny spinose tubercles on sides of head and end of snout. Dorsal 

 IV 10 (rarely 9 or 11), equally distant from eye and from caudal; last 

 simple ray very strong, bony, not serrated, straight, H to2| times length 

 of head ; border of fin strongly cmarginate. Anal 111 o, longest ray a 

 little shorter or a little longer tlian head, sometimes reaching caudal, 

 witli nuptial tubercles in tlie males. Pectoral as long as or a little 

 longer than head, not rcacliing ventral; latter inserted brlow anterior 



