392 Mr. G. A. Bouleno-er on 



XLVI. — Description of a new Gyprinid Fish of the Qenus 

 Labeo/rom the Transvaal. By Gr. A. BOULEXGER, F.R.S. 



Labeo Ruddi. 



Body strongly compressed, its depth 3| to 4 times in total 

 length; length of head 4^ to 4^ times in total length. 

 Snout rounded, ^ lengtli of head ; eye perfectly lateral, 4| 

 times in length of head ; interorbital width half length of 

 head; mouth rather small, its width 3^ times in length of 

 head ; lips without transverse plicte, with a fringe of conical 

 papillgej rostral lobe not fringed; no barbels. Dorsal III 9-10, 

 upper edge concave, last simple ray as long as or a little 

 shorter than head ; its distance from caudal equals its 

 distance from anterior border of eye. Anal III 5. Pectoral 

 a little shorter than head. Ventral below middle of dorsal. 

 Caudal peduncle once and ^ to once and ^ as long as deep. 

 Scales 40-41 |f, 5 between lateral line and ventral, 18-20 

 round caudal peduncle. Dark olive-brown above, whitish 

 beneath. 



Total length 210 mm. 



Four specimens from the Klein Letaba, tributary of the 

 Olifant liiver (Limpopo System), obtained along with 

 L. Bosce, Stdr., and L. Barlingi, Blgr., by Mr. Claud Grant 

 (Rudd Expedition to S. Africa) in August 1205. 



XLVII. — Descriptions of Tivo new African Lizards of the 

 Genus Latastia. By G. A. Boulenger, F.R.S. 



Latastia Johnstoni. 



Head small, rather elongate ; snout obtusely pointed. Two 

 superposed postnasals ; frontal narrowed posteriorly, grooved 

 anteriorly j two large supraoculars, with a few small shields 

 in front and behind and a series of granules between them 

 and the supraciliaries ; interparietal narrow, much longer 

 than broad, in contact with a small occipital ; a band-like 

 supratemporal ; a curved tympanic ; temporal scales granular, 

 smooth ; no auricular denticulation ; subocular bordering the 

 lip, between the fifth and sixth or sixth and seventh upper 

 labials. Gular scales smooth ; collar toothed, with 7 or 8 



