CYl'RINID.E. 237 



r>5«. BAUP.rS (iUUVELT. 

 Pcllegr. Bull. Soo. Zool. Fnuice, xxxvi. I'Jll, j.. 18-t. 



Depth of body 3 times in total lengtli, length of head 4 tiincs. Siumt 

 rounded, twice as h)ng as eye, whicli is 5 times in length of head ; 

 month subinferior ; lips feebly developed, lower restricted to the sides ; 

 mandible with a suh-trenchant edge; two pairs of barbels, anterior | 

 diameter of eye, posterior a little longer than eye. Dorsal III 0, equally 

 distant from occiput and from root of caudal ; last simple ray strong, 

 Ixmy, not serrated, its rigid part about ^ length of licad. Anal 111 ^, 

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

 latter below anterior soft ra} s of dorsal. Caudal peduncle nea ly as long 

 as deep. Scales longitudinally striated, 24 ^^, 2 between lateral line and 

 ventral, 12 round caudal peduncle. Olive, dorsal scales darker at the base. 



Total length 280 millim. 



Dubuka K., French Guinea. — 'I'ype in the Paris Museum. 



Allied to i?. micronema, but barbels longer and scales fewer. 



C,i]a. BARBU8 UWAARSENSIS. 

 (iilchrist & Thomi.son. Ann. S. Afr. :\lus. xi. 11*13, p. 384. 



Depth of body equal to length of head, 3f times in total length. 

 Snout pointed, projecting beyond mouth, nearly 3 times in length of head ; 

 eye 4|- times in length of head, interorbital width nearly 3 times ; 

 mouth subinferior, its width o\ times in length of head ; lips moderately 

 developed, lower with a mental lobe about J diameter of eye in depth ; 

 two barbels on each side, anterior 5 diameter of eye, posterior as long as 

 eye. Dorsal III 10, equally distant from middle of eye and from root 

 of caudal, border concave ; last simple ray moderately enlarged, bony, 

 not serrated, its rigid part | length of head. Anal 111 0, not reaching 

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

 below middle of dorsal. Caudal peduncle \^ times as long as deep. 

 Scales longitudinally striated (some on tlie upper part of the body 

 appear to be slightly radiate), 27 j|, 2| between lateral line and ventral, 

 12 round caudal peduncle. Brown, darker above than below, with 

 about 3 faint darker longitudinal Hues ; lower part of head and opercles 



light. 



Total length lOG millim. 



Dwaars R., Transvaal. — Type in S. African Museum, Cape Town. 



ISear B. brucii, but cuidal peduncle shorter. 



