2(14 ADDENDA, VOL. JI. 



preopercular border to root of caudal where it ends in a small dark 

 spot; extremity of dorsal fin blackish. 



Total length 74 millim. 



Dwaars River, Transvaal.— Types in S. African Museum; Cape Town. 



Perhaps not specifically distinct from the preceding. 



148. BARBUS XIGERIENSIS, Blgr. 

 Add :— 



11-18. Ad. Udi, Lower Niger. Major G. E. Bruce (C). 



19-20. Ad. Oji R., 



l;31a. BARBUS SPURRELLI. 

 Bouleng. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1913, p. 51, pi. iii. fig. 1. 



Depth of body 3 to 3|- times in total length, length of head 3^ to 

 3f times. Snout rounded, as long as eye, 3J to 3^ times in length 

 of head, interorbital width 2J to 3 times; mouth subinferior; lips 



rig. 162. 



Barbus spurrelli. 

 Type (P. Z. S. 1913). 



moderately developed ; two barbels on each side, posterior as long as 

 eye and twice as long as anterior. Dorsal IH 8, equally distant from 

 centre or anterior border of eye and from root of caudal, border feebly 

 concave ; last simple ray not enlarged, as long as head. Anal III 5, 

 not reaching caudal. Pectoral | length of head, reaching ventral ; base 

 of latter below anterior rays of dorsal. Caudal peduncle 1 to 1^ times 

 as long as deep. Scales radiately striated, 24-26 gf, 2 between lateral 

 line and ventral, 10 or 12 round caudal peduncle. Greenish silvery, 

 darker on the back, the scales dark-edged or with a dark base ; this 



