CTPKIMI)-K. 



JG5 



(lark base often more marked on tlie scales of tiie lateral line, which 

 may be further obscured by black dots, formin-jj an ill-defined dark 

 lateral band ; tins i^rcyish, 



I'otal length 75 milliin. 



Gold Coast. Sierra Leor.e. 



l-(j. Types. N(';ii- Uniikwa. Gold Coast. 



7-'.l. Tv|ips. K. I'annnie, 



10-11. A.l. X. Slierl.o District, Sierra 



Leoiio. 



Very closely allied to />. ahlahes. 



Dr. 11. (;. F. SpiuTcll (I'.i. 

 .\. W. Tliomas, Es.i. (P.;. 



l.-.l /.. r.AUliUS JIACROPS. 

 iioaU'iii;-. Ann. S: M:im. N. 11. ( f< ) \ ii. liUl, p. 374. 



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

 length. Snout rounded, much shorter than eye, which is 2i to 

 2| times in length of head ; interorbital w^idth 2| to o times in 

 length of head ; moutli subinferior ; lips moderately developed ; 

 two barbels on each side, anterior ^ diameter of eye, posterior i. 



1g;?. 



V 



Barbus iiiacrnjus. 

 Type. 



Dorsal 111 8, ecpially distant from centre of eye and from base of 

 caudal, border feebly concave; last simple ray not enlarged, as long 

 as head. Anal III o, not reaching caudal. Pectoral | to I length of 

 head, not quite reaching ventral ; base of latter below anterior rays 

 of dorsal. Caudal peduncle 1^ to \h times as long as deep. Scales 

 radiately striated, 23-25 jj|, 2-2^ between lateral line and ventral, 

 12 round caudal peduncle. Yellow above, silvery beneath, scales on 

 back and sides finely speckled with brown, with a more or less distinct 

 dark brown spot at the Ijase ; a black straight lateral band from the 



