4oG ]\Ir. G. A. Boulengcr on 



Barhus pleurogramma. 



Depth of body equal to length of head, 4 times in total 

 length. Snout rounded, 4^ times in length of head ; dia- 

 meter of eye 3 to 3^ times in length of head, interorbital width 

 3 times ; mouth terminal, its width 41 times in length of 

 head; lips feebly developed ; barbels two on each side, the 

 anterior barely ^ diameter of eye and longer than its distance 

 from the posterior, which measures nearly | diameter of eye. 

 Dorsal III 7, last simple ray bony, strongly serrated beiiind, 

 I length of head; free edge of the fin not emarginate ; its 

 distance from the occiput a little less than its distance from 

 the caudal. Anal III 5, longest ray f length of head. Pec- 

 toral § length of head, not reaching ventral ; latter below 

 anterior rays of dorsal. Caudal peduncle twice as long as 

 deep. Scales 35 |t, 3 between lateral line and ventral, 16 

 round caudal peduncle. Silvery, brownish on the back; a 

 black line along each side of the body ; fins greyish. 



Total length 40 millim. 



Three specimens from Bahardar, Lake Tsana, June 4, 

 1902, and one from the Unfras liiver, Lake Tsana, May 9, 

 1902. 



Near the East African B. i^aludinosusy Peters, in which, 

 however, the dorsal tin originates behind the vertical of the 

 base of the ventrals. 



Barhus humilis. 



Depth of body Z\ to 3| times in total length, length of 

 head 3j^ to 4 times. Snout rounded, 4 times in length of 

 head ; diameter of eye 3 to 3^ times in length of head, inter- 

 orbital width 2^ to 2| times ; mouth terminal, its width 4 

 times in length of head ; lips feebly developed ; barbels two 

 on each side, the anterior about |, the posterior § diameter of 

 eye, the space between them hardly ^ diameter of eye. 

 Dorsal III 8, last simple ray not enlarged, flexible, as long 

 as head ; free edge of the fin emarginate ; its distance from 

 the occiput about § its distance from the caudal. Anal III 5, 

 longest ray f length of head. Pectoral § to | length of head, 

 not reaching ventral ; latter below anterior rays of dorsal. 

 Caudal peduncle twice as long as deep. Scales 29-31 ^^, 2 be- 

 tween lateral line and ventral, 12 or 14 round caudal peduncle. 

 Silvery, brownish on the back j an indistinct darker lateral 

 band; fins whitish. 



Total length G5 millim. 



