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71. Macrones Malabaricus. D. i/0, A. 10. Maxillary barbels reach 

 the middle of the ventral fin : dorsal spine short and entire : pectoral 

 serrated on both sides. A round black shoulder mark. Malabar. 



72. Macrones oculatus, Cuv. andVal. Cuaree^laX. D. |/0, A. 11. 

 Eye large. Maxillary barbels reach the caudal fin. Occipital process 

 extends to the base of the dorsal fin. Dorsal spine serrated on both sides : 

 adipose fin short. Uniform, with two indistinct, lateral, longitudinal 

 bands. Southern India and Malabar. 



73. Macrones lengara, Ham. Buch. D. i/0, A. 10. Ting-ga-rah and 

 Karaal, Panj. : Mulleer and Kug-ger, Sind. Maxillary barbels reach the 

 caudal. Dorsal spine entire : adipose fin long". Longitudinal bands and 

 a dark shoulder mark. Upper portions of Jumna and Ganges, Panjab 

 and Sind, to 6 inches in length. 



7 If. Macrones keleilus, Bleeker. D. i/0, A. 9. Maxillary barbels 

 reach the base of anal fin. Dorsal spine entire : adipose fin short. Greyish, 

 with two light longitudinal bands. Jumna and Granges, also Panjab, not 

 attaining a large size. 



75. Macrones (?) cavia, Ham. Buch. Kanya teng-gara, Hind. 

 D. I/O, A. 9. Maxillary barbels as long as the head. Dorsal spine 

 entire : adipose fin short. Brownish, with two transverse bands across 

 the tail. Northern Bengal, attaining 6 inches in length. 



Genus — Rita, Bleeker. 

 Gognus, Day. 



Branchi ostegals eight. Eyelids without free circular margins. Mouth 

 transverse : upper jaw the longer. Nostrils on either sule contiguous, but 

 the pah on one side 10'idely separated from that on the other. Barbels 

 six, a minute pah at the posterior nostrils, a maxillary and one mandibular 

 pah. Granular or molar-form teeth on the palate. Rayed dorsal fin, 

 with one spine and six rays : the adipose and the anal of moderate lengths : 

 ventral with six or eight rays : caudal forked. Ah-vessel large, not 

 enclosed in bone, whilst it may possess posterior elongations. 



76. Rita ritoides, Cuv. & Val. D. ^-/O, A. 12. Humeral process 

 about as long as the head. Air-vessel with posterior horn-like prolong- 

 ations. Gangetic Provinces, Panjab, Sind and Burma, attaining a 

 foot in length. 



77. Rita pavimeniata, Val. D. £/0, A. 12. Humeral process 

 about half as long as the head. Deccan and Bombay. 



78. Rita kuturnee, Sykes. D. ^/0, A. 12. Humeral process two- 

 thirds as long as the head. Air-vessel without posterior prolongations. 

 Deccan. 



79. Rita {?) rama, Ham. Buch. D. £/0, A. 15. Assam. 



Genus — AriuS, Cuv. 8c Val. 



Sciades, sp., et Anodes, Mull. & Trosch. : Hexanematichthys, 

 Guitinga, Hemiarius, Cephalocassis, JSetuma, et Pseudarius, Bleeker. 



Branchiostegals from five to six. Head osseous superiorly or covered 

 with very thin skin. Byes with free orbital margins. Mouth anterior : 

 upper jaw generally the longer. Anterior and posterior nostrils placed 

 close together, the latter being provided with a valve. Barbels six, one 

 maxillary and two mandibular pahs. Teeth in the jaws villiform, always 



