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specks under the dorsal. A narrow oblique vertical inky-black blotch at 

 the upper base of the caudal. Dorsal and caudal with dark bars. 



Georgichthys, gen. nov. 



Type, Georgichthys scaphignathus , sp. nov. 



A cyprinid fish with superficial resemblance to certain species of Leucis- 

 cus. Mouth small, slightly inferior. Rami parallel and fused, the lower 

 jaw rather broad and rounded at its end, flat above, covered in front and 

 above with a longitudinally fluted membrane. Lips rather thick, con- 

 fined to the sides of the lower jaw. No barbels. Scales moderate. Lat- 

 eral line complete, in the center of the peduncle. Dorsal without spinous 

 ray, its origin slightly in advance of ventral. Dorsal and anal fins short. 

 Teeth in a single row, five, hooked. This interesting minnow is named 

 for George Borup Andrews. 



Georgichthys scaphignathus, sp. nov. 



The type and only specimen, No. 7038, American Museum of Natural 

 History, collected at Futsing, Fu-kien Province, by the Museum's Asiatic 

 Expedition, is 70 mm. long to base of caudal. Head 4.0 in this measure, 

 depth 3.5. Snout 3.3 in head, eye 4.0, interorbital 3.1, maxillary 4.0, not 

 reaching eye, pectoral 1.3, vental 1.4, longest dorsal ray 1.3, longest anal 

 ray 1.5, caudal 1.0. 



Body moderately compressed, peduncle 1.4 times as long as broad. 

 Ventral not reaching anal, anal not reaching caudal, which is moderately 

 forked. Scales normal on the rounded belly and elsewhere, with con- 

 spicuous radiating and concentric marking, 39, 4% between lateral line 

 and dorsal, 3 between lateral line and ventral. Dorsal 9. Anal 8. 



Color in spirits dark on the back, the sides with extensive irregular 

 dark blotches, front of dorsal and center of caudal lobes blackish, under 

 surface of body, and fins otherwise pale, (scaphignathus — spade-jaw.) 



Hemiculter andrewsi, sp. nov. 



Scales smaller than in others of the genus (see monograph by War- 

 pachowski. Bull. Ak. Sci. St. Petersb. 32, 1888, pp. 15 to 23, and Nikolski 

 Annre. Mus. St. Petersb. 8, 1903, p. 359, for an additional species. ) Teeth 

 in 3 rows, compressed, and slightly hooked, 4-4-2. 



The type, No. 7038, American Museum of Natural History, was col- 

 lected at Yunnan-fu, Yunnan, China, by Mr. John Graham. It is 137 

 mm. long to base of caudal. Head 3.8 in this length, depth 4.2. Eye 

 4.2 in head, snout 4.0, interorbital 3.5, maxillary 3.4, depth of peduncle 

 2.8, pectoral 1.5, ventral 2.0, longest dorsal ray 1.9, longest anal ray 2.9, 

 caudal 1.4. 



Elongate, moderately compressed, peduncle twice as long as deep. 

 Mouth moderate, rather oblique, lower jaw distinctly projecting, maxil- 

 lary not quite to under front of eye, no barbels. Gill-rakers numerous 

 and slender (the longest % eye), about 45 on the first arch, backed by a 



