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4. Danio aurolineatus, (malabaricus, Giinth). 



Hab. South Malabar. 3 inches. 



Char. Dorsal 14. Anal 18. Scales 34 to 40. 



Barbels two only, half as long as the eye. 



Sides with three or four narrow steel blue streaks, 

 the end of the tail, and the middle of the caudal fin 

 with a broad bluish band. 



5. Barrio neilgherriensis. 



Hab. Neilgherry Hills. 3^ inches. 



Char. Dorsal 12 or 13. Anal 13 or 14. Scales 35. 



Barbels 2 only, very small, sometimes a rudimentary 

 lower pair are apparent. A badly marked, broad, 

 steel-blue stripe, extending from behind the eye to the 

 middle of the caudal fin, edged with yellow above and 

 below. 



A species very similar to this last one is common in 

 the hill streams at Cherra-poonjee in the Khasia Hills. 

 I should not be surprised if it turned out identical 

 with M'Clelland's Perilampus cequipinnatus. The fish 

 which Dr. Day has identified under this name appears 

 to differ from M'Clelland's in possessing a well 

 developed rostral pah* of barbels, which McClelland 

 does not mention, neither are they shown in the figure. 

 The species I refer to from the Khasia Hills has 

 no barbels, or if present they must be excessively 

 minute. It has several blue and yellow streaks aloug 

 the sides. 



