BABBITS. 



159 



black spot at the base of the caudal ; a lateral series of small black dots 

 may be present. 



Total length 70 millim. 



Angola, Transvaal, Zululand, Natal. — Type in Vienna Museum. 



1-5. Hgr. & yg. Bange Ngola, Angola. Dr. "W. J. Ansorge (C). 



Elchelelilwami, Zululand. Dr. E. Warren (P.). 



6. Ad. 



7-13. Hgr. & yg. 



Durban, Natal. 



Col. Bowker (P.). 



154. BARBUS LINEOMACULATUS. 



Bouleng. Ann. & Mag. N. H. (7) si. 1903, p. 53, pi. v. fig. 3; Hilgend. Zool. 

 Jahrb., Syst. xxii. 1905, p. 415. 



Depth of body 3f to 4 times in total length, length of head 4 times. 

 Snout rounded, as long as eye, which is 3f to 4 times in length of head ; 

 interorbital width 1\ to 2f times in length of head ; mouth small, 

 subinferior ; lips moderately developed ; two barbels on each side, 

 anterior \\ to 1^ diameters of eye, posterior 1^ to 2. Dorsal III 8, 

 nearer occiput than base of caudal, border feebly concave ; last simple 

 ray not enlarged, not serrated, as long as head. Anal III 5, not reaching 



Fig. 136. 



Barbus lineomaculatus. 

 Type (Ann. & Mag. N. H. 19031. 



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

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



4— 



Scales radiately striated, 30-32 p, 2^-3 between lateral line and ventral, 

 12 round caudal peduncle. Silvery, brownish on the back, some of the 

 scales dark brown at the base ; a series of 4 to 7 black spots on each 

 side, connected by a dark lateral streak ; all but the last spot above the 

 lateral line. 



Total length 67 millim. 



Lumi River, east side of Kilimanjaro, flowing into Lake Jipi, and 

 Bubu River, Masailand, East Africa. 



1-2. Types. Lumi K. A. Blayney Percival, Esq. (0.). 



3-4 Ad. & yg. Bubu B. near Irangi. Prof. 0. Neumann (C). 



