VAEICOEHINUS. 



355 



little shorter than head. Anal III 5, not reaching root of caudal. 

 Pectoral a little shorter than head, not reaching ventral, which is 

 inserted below middle of dorsal. Caudal deeply forked, with pointed 



Kg. 267. 



Varicorhinus hrucii. 

 Type (P. Z. S. 1907). |. 



lobes. Caudal peduncle twice as long as deep. Scales 31 J|, 2\ between 

 lateral line and ventral, 12 round caudal peduncle. Back muddy brown, 

 belly white, fins grey. 



Total length 170 millim. 



Klein Olifant Eiver, Transvaal. 

 3. Type. Klein Olifant E. Major G. E. Bruce (P.). 



3. VARICOEITINUS TORNIEKI. 

 Steind. Aim. Hofmus. Wien, xxi. 1907, p. 152 *. 



Depth of body 3 times in total length, length of head a little more 

 than 4 times. Snout rounded, a little broader than long, a little less 

 than ■§■ length of head ; eye supero-lateral, 4f times in length of head, 

 shghtly less than orbital width ; mouth scarcely curved, its width 

 2\ times in length of head ; a minute barbel. Dorsal IV 11, last simple 

 ray very strong, bony, not serrated, a little longer than head ; border of 

 fin strongly concave. Anal III 5, not reaching root of caudal. Pectoral 

 a little shorter than head, not reaching ventral, which is inserted below 



* This paper bears the date 1906, but as allusion is made to V. brueii, the description 

 of which did not appear until late in August 1907, its publication must be of a later 

 date. 



