274 ADDENDA, VOL. II. 



183 ft. BARBUS TOPPINI, up. n. 



])epth of body equal to or a little greater than length of head, 3 \ 

 to 3-f times in total length. Snout rounded, shorter than eye, which 

 is 3^ to 3| times in length of head and equals interorbital width ; mouth 

 small, terminal ; lips feebly developed ; no barbels. Dorsal III 8, 

 equally distant from eye and from caudal, border feebly concave; last 

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

 not reaching caudal. Pectoral a little shorter than head, not reaching 

 ventral ; base of latter below anterior rays of dorsal. Caudal peduncle 

 twice as long as deep. Scales radiately striated, 27-28 ijfcp, ^i between 

 lateral line series and ventral ; lateral line reduced to 3 to 7 anterior 

 tubules. Yellowish, with a black lateral line expanding into a small 

 spot at the base of the caudal tin. 



Total length 30 millim. 



Zululand. — Types in Durban Museum. 



1-5. Types. Msundusi R., Ubombo district. F. Toppin, Esq. (C.) ; 



Durban Museum (P.). 



Distinguished from the species without barbels and with incomplete 

 lateral line by the more numerous scales. 



184. BARBUS STIGMATOPYGUS, Blgr. 



Add :— 



8. Ad. Geba R. at Bafata, Portug. Guinea. Dr. W. J. Ansorge (C). 



9-11. Ad. Nile near Cairo. Mr. Andres (P.). 



185a. BARBUS CARESS. 

 Bouleng. Ann. Mus. Congo, Zool. ii. 3, p. 15, pi. xxii. fig. 2 (1912). 



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

 times. Snout rounded, shorter than eye, which is 2\ to 2| times in length 

 of head and equals interorbital width ; mouth very small, sub terminal; 

 lips feebly deA'eloped ; no barbels. Dorsal III 8, equally distant from 

 centre of eye and from caudal, border straight ; last simple ray flexible, 

 nearly as long as head. Anal III 5, not reaching caudal. Pectoral 

 about f length of head, not reaching ventral ; latter below anterior rays 

 of dorsal. Caudal peduncle 1-J to \\ times as long as deep. Scales with 

 a few radiating stria?, 22-25 in longitudinal series, 7 in transverse series, 

 8 round caudal peduncle ; no trace of a lateral line. Yellowish, scales 



