310 



CYPRIXIDJE. 



or a little deeper than long. Scales 36—39 [jF^J, 3^-4^ between lateral 

 line and root of ventral, 1G-18 round caudal peduncle. Olive above, 

 yellowish beneath, with or without pink streaks along the series of 

 scales ; fins grey. 



Total length 400 millim. 



Zambesi, Lake 



Nyassa, Lake Bangwelu.- 



—Type in Berlin Museum. 



1-3. Yg. 



Tete, Zambesi. 





Mr. 0. Grant (C); 



C. D. Rudd, Esq. (P.). 



4. Ad. 



ChiromOj Shire R. 





R. MacDonald, Esq. (P.). 



5-7. Ad. & hgr. 



?> 51 





C. B. C. Storey, Esq. (P.). 



8, 9. Ad., skins. 



Shire R. 





Sir J. Kirk (P.). 



0-13. Hgr. 



Lake Bangwelu. 





F. H. Melland, Esq. (P.). 



5. LABEO WEEKSII, sp. n. 

 Body strongly compressed, its depth 3 times in total length. Head 

 4-J times in total length, its width § its length ; snout rounded ; 



Pig. 232. 



Laheo iveeksii. 

 Type. i. 



eye perfectly lateral, in middle of head, 3^- times in length of head, 

 If times in interorbital width; width of mouth, with lips, 2f times in 

 length of head ; both lips with several rows of conical papillae, the outer 

 forming a strong fringe ; edge of rostral flap entire ; a minute barbel, 

 partly hidden under folds of skin ; scars of small tubercles on the 

 snout. Dorsal III 12, equally distant from occiput and from caudal, 



