220 ADDENDA, VOL. I. 



A a. VARICORHINTJS PLATYSTOMA. 

 Pappenli. in Schubotz, t. c. p. 236, pi. i. fig. 2. 



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

 to 4§ times. Snout rounded, 1^ to nearly 2 times as long as broad, as 

 long as eye, which is 4 times in length of head and If to 2i times in 

 interorbital width ; mouth nearly straight, its width If to 2|- times 

 in length of head ; a minute barbel ; no tubercles on the snout. 

 Dorsal III 10, slightly nearer occiput than root of caudal ; last simple 

 ray very strong, bony, not serrated, a little longer than head ; border of 

 fin strongly emarginate. Anal III 5, as long as or a little shorter than 

 head. Pectoral as long as head. Ventral below anterior soft rays of 

 dorsal. Caudal deeply forked. Caudal peduncle 1^ times as long as 



ei, 



deep. Scales 34-35 gf , 3 between lateral line and ventral, 12 round 

 caudal peduncle. Grey, back darker ; fins grey. 



Total length 140 millim. 



Wase Paver, liuanda, German East Africa, 1800 feet. — Types in 

 Berlin Museum. 



46. VARICORHINUS LATIROSTRIS. 



Bouleng. Ann. & Mag. N. H (8) vi. 1910, p. 548. 



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

 times. Snout rounded, If to 2 times as broad as long, as long as or a 

 little shorter than eye, which is 3 to 3J times in length of head and 

 li to 1§ times in interorbital width ; mouth straight, its width f to -g- 

 length of head ; a minute barbel at angle of mouth ; a few, very small, 

 conical tubercles on sides of snout. Dorsal IV 10 (rarely 11), equally 

 distant from end of snout or nostrils and from root of caudal ; last 

 simple ray very strong, bony, not serrated, straight or very feebly curved, 

 as Ion"- as or slightly longer than head ; border of fin strongly 

 emarginate. Anal III 5, longest ray a little shorter than head. 

 Pectoral as long as or a little shorter than head, not reaching ventral ; 

 latter inserted below anterior soft rays of dorsal. Caudal deeply forked. 

 Caudal peduncle twice as long as deep. Scales 34-39 gf^f, 3-oi 

 between lateral line and ventral, 14 (rarely 12) round caudal peduncle. 



