CTPEINIDJi:. '207 



Pectoral | length of head, not quite reaching ventral ; base of latter 

 below anterior rays of dorsal. Caudal peduncle twice as long as deep. 

 Scales radiately striated, 28-30 j-|, 2 betAveen lateral line and ventral. 

 Yellowish brown, darker on the 'back, with 12 to 16 narrow vertical 

 bars on the sides, the second or third and the last expanding into a 

 spot ; belly white ; basal half of vertical fins orange ; eye red. 



Total length 53 millim. 



Solwezi River, tributary of Chifulowa R., Zambesi. 

 1-2. Types. Solwezi E., N. Rhodesia. F. H. Melland, Esq. (P.). 



Distinguished from B. fasciolatus by smaller scales. 



Fig. 1 64. 



Add 



Barhns harilioides. 

 Type. 



159. BARBUS TRISPILUS, BIkr. 



18-27. Ad. Omalu, Aboina R., Cross R. Major G. E. Bruce (P.). 



28-30. Ad. Tano R., Gold Coast. Dr. H. G. F. Spurrell (P.). 



31-34. Ad. Near Dunkwa, Gold Coast. 



35-37. Ad. Sapelle, Niger Delta. Mr. J. Paul Arnold (P.). 



159 a. BARBUS TETRASTIGMA. 

 Bouleng. Rev. Zool. A£r. ii. 1913, p. 158. 



Depth of body 3 to o\ times in total length, length of head of to 

 4 times. Snout rounded, as long as eye, which is 3|^ to 3f in length of 

 head and 1-|- times in interorbital width ; mouth small, terminal ; lips 

 feebly developed; two barbels on each side, anterior as long as eye, 

 posterior IJ diameters of eye. Dorsal III 7-8, equally distant from 

 eye and from caudal, border feebly concave ; last simple ray flexible, as 

 long as head. Anal III 5, not reaching caudal. Pectoral | length 

 of head, not reaching ventral ; latter inserted below anterior third of 



