CTPEINID.E. 207 



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

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



4— 



Scales radiately striated, 28-30 p\ 2 between 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 R., N. Rhodesia. F. H. Melland, Esq. (P.). 



Distinguished from B. fasciolatus by smaller scales. 



Fig. 164. 



Add :— 



Barbus barilioides. 

 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. Spun-ell (P.). 



31-34. Ad. Near Dunkwa, Gold Const. „ 



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



159 a. BARBUS TETRASTIGMA. 

 Bouleng. Rev. Zool. Afr. ii. 1913, p. 158. 



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

 4 times. Snout rounded, as long as eye, which is 3^ to 3-f 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 1^ 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 f length 

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



