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ADDENDA, YOL. T. 



2. VARICORHINUS BRUCII, Blgr. 



Gilchrist & Thompson, Ann. S. Afr. Mus. xi. 1913, p. 364. 



Barhus olipJianti, Keilhack, Mitth. Zool. Mns. Berl. v. 1910, p. 101. 



Add:— 



2. Ad. Transvaal. Dr. J. D. F. Gilchrist (P.). 



2 a. VARICORHINUS ENSIFBR. 

 Boulenger, Ann. & Mag. N. H. (8) vi. 1910, p. 545. 



Depth of body 3^ to 4 times in total length, length of head 4^ to 5^ 

 times. Snout rounded, a little broader than long, as long as or a little 

 longer than eye, which is about 3 times in length of head and 1| to 1| 

 times in interorbital width ; mouth straight, its width about ^ length 

 of head, with a thick upper lip covered with round papillae ; similar 



IV. 134. 



YaricorJiiniis ensifer. 



Type. 



papillae behind the cutting-edge of the lower jaw ; two barbels on each 

 side, anterior minute, posterior about ^ diameter of eye. Males with 

 large horny spinose tubercles on sides of head and end of snout. Dorsal 

 IV 10 (rarely 9 or 11), equally distant from eye and from caudal ; last 

 simple ray very strong, bony, not serrated, straight, 1^ to 2| times length 

 of head ; border of fin strongly emarginate. Anal III 5, longest ray a 

 little shorter or a little longer than head, sometimes reaching caudal, 

 with nuptial tubercles in the males. Pectoral as long as or a little 

 longer than head, not reaching ventral ; latter inserted below anterior 



