262 



Dr. 1\. l^room on some 



pointed, 1^ as loiij^ as the lie;i'l ; outer ray '^f vontral some- 

 vlmt produced, reacliiiiL!; the anal. Can<lal peduncle twice 

 as lon;j as deep. Perhaps a dusky lateral himd. 



A siiifjrlo specimen, 45 mm. in total len2;tli. 



The barbels at once distin,2:ui6li this remarkable fish from 

 any other member of the family. 



PhoxinopSIS, gen. no v. 



Allied to Lehiasina, C. & V., but with the teeth conical 

 instead of tricuspid and tlie anal fin lonf^er. 



Pho.vinopais ty picas ^ sp. n. 



Depth of body nearly equal to the len2;th of head, -4 in the 

 length of the fish. Snout much .shorter than eye, the 

 diameter of which is 3 in the length of head and a little less 

 than the interorbital width. Teeth conical, in a single series ; 

 ma.xillary toothless, extending to below the anterior edge of 

 eye. Scales cycloid, 33 in a longitudinal scries; lateral Hue 



Phoxinopsis typicus. 



developed anteriorly, on 6 or 7 scales only. Dorsal 10; 

 origin a little nearer to base of caudal than to tip of snout; 

 longest ray a little shorter than the head. Anal 16 ; origin 

 below end of dorsal ; free edge emarginate. Pectoral shorter 

 than the head, extending a little beyond the base of ventrals, 

 which do not quite reach the aiuil. Caudal peduncle a little 

 longer than deep. A dark linear lateral streak. 

 A single specimen, 34 mm. in total length. 



XXXII. — On some nevj Species o/Chry-sochloris. 

 By R. Broom, M.D., D.Sc, C.M.Z.S. 



DoRSON, in his monograph on the Insectivora, published in 

 1883, recognizes only five species of Chrysochloris as in- 

 habiting South Africa, viz. ChnjsocJdoria aurea {^asiatica), 



