BAKBUS. 105 



4-9. Yg. Near Salisbury, Mashonaland. G. A. K. Marshall. Esq. 



(P.). 

 10-22. Ad. & hgr. Mazpe R.. Mashonaland. J. ff. Darling, Esq. (P.). 



23-28. Ad. & hgr. Beira, Portug. E. Africa. Mr. C. Grant (C.) ; 



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

 29-30. Ad. & hgr. Groot Olifant R., Transvaal. Major G. E. Bruce (P.). 



31-35. Ad. & hgr. Klein Olifant B., „ 



36-37. Hgr. Near Komati Poort, „ „ 



38-39. Ad. & hgr. Potchefstroom, Transvaal. Mr. Stenning (C.) ; 



S. African Mus. (P.). 

 40-59. Ad. & hgr. E. of Pietersburg, Transvaal. Mr. C. Grant (C.) ; 



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

 60. Skel. 

 61-64. Ad. Umfulosi, Zulnland. ., 



65. Ad. Elcheleselwane, Zululand. Dr. E. Warren (P.). 



66. Ad. Mucopa R., Mossamedes. Dr. W. J. Ansorge (C). 



All the above specimens represent B. decipiens, Blgr., which, I am informed 

 by Dr. Pappenheim, must be regarded as identical with B. trimaculatus, 



Peters. 



67-73. Ad. & hgr. Dongwenna Swamps, Dr. W. J. Ansorge (C). 



Mossamedes. 



74-75. Yg. Que R., Mossamedes. ,, 



76. Ad. Kafue R., Upper Zambesi. Rev. F. A. Rogers & 



E. C. Chubb, Esq. (P.). 



77. Ad. Idunda R., Portug. E. Africa. C. F. M. Swynnerton 



Esq. (P.). 



92. BARBUS NUMMIFER, 

 Barbus trimaculatus (non Peters), Hilgend. Sitzb. Ges. naiurf. Fr. Berl. 1888, 



p. 78. 

 Barbus nummifer, Bouleng. Ann. & Mag. N. H. (7) xiii. 1904, p. 449, and Fish. 



Nile, p. 239, pi. xlvi. fig. 1 (1907). 

 Barbus jacksoni, var. mitior, Hilgend. Zool. Jahrb., Syst. xxii. 1905, p. 415. 



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

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

 of head; interoibital width 2\ to 2f times in length of head; mouth 

 subinferior, with lips feebly developed and interrupted on chin ; two 

 barbels on each side, anterior as long as eye or a little shorter, posterior 1^ 

 to 1^ diameters of eye. Dorsal III 8, equally distant from eye or nostrils 

 and from caudal, border concave; last simple ray very strong, bony, not 

 serrated, nearly straight, f to once as long as head. Anal III 5, not 



