FAMILY, V— CTPRINID^. 607 



B. iii, D. 12(f), P. 14, V. 8, A. 7(f), C. 19. 



Lengtli of head 5i, of caudal 5, height of body 5 to 5|- in the total length. %es— generally slightly 

 behind the middle of the length of the head, diameter 7 in the length of head, 4 diameters from end of snout. 

 Interorbital space not quite equal to 2 diameters of the orbit. Body and head compressed. Snout pointed, usually 

 longer than the remaining portion of the head. Suborbital spine as a rule not extending to below the posterior 

 margin of the orbit. Barbels— eight. Depth of free portion of taO If in its length. J'ws— dorsal arises 

 midway between the anterior margin of the orbit and the base of the caudal, which last has sharp lobes. 

 Scales— minute, but more distinct than in B. dario. Colours— body, in the adult, with irregular and partly 

 confluent brown cross Isands, which enclose variously sized round yellowish or bluish spots. Dorsal and anal 

 fins with two : pectoral, ventral, and each lobe of the caudal, with three black cross bands. In the young the 

 bauds on the body form arches, four or five in number, passing over a dark vertical band or mark. The 

 proportion of the body and size of the suborbital spine rather vary with age. 



Habitat— From Sind, through the Punjab, Himalayas, Valley of the Ganges, Jumna, Sone river, and 

 Assam. The specimen figured was from a stream in the Sind hills. 



4. Botia Almorhae, Plate CLIV, fig. 5. 



Gray, Zool. Misc. 1831, p. 8 ; Giinther, Catal. vii, p. 367. 



Botia grandis, Gray and Hardw. Ind. Zool. ; Cuv. and Val. sviii, p. 86. 



Schistura grandis McClell. Cal. J. N. H. ii, p. 586. 



Cobitis grandis, Bleeker, Beng. p. 70. 



B. iii, D. 11-12(^L), P. 14, V. 8, A. 7-8(^'^), C. 19. 



Length of head 4^, of caudal 5, height of body 5 to 5^ in the total length. S?/es— rather behind the 

 middle of the length of' the head, 3 diameters from end of snout, and 2 apart. Body, head, and snout 

 compressed. Suborbital spine strong, extending to below the hind edge of the orbit. Barbels — eight. Fins — 

 dorsal commences midway between the posterior nostrils and the base of the caudal fin in the adult : but 

 between the latter and front end of the snout in the immature. ScaZes— present. Colours— hodj reticulated 

 with gray on a yellow ground : fins yellow : the dorsal, pectoral, and anal, with four transverse dark bands, 

 the pectoral and each caudal lobe with five. Sometimes examples are vertically banded, each band being 

 reticulated. 



ffaiiiai.— Cashmere, Almorah and Khasia hills. It attains at least, 6 inches in length. The specimen 

 figured was procured for me at Almorah by Dr. Govan. 



5. Botia Berdmorei, Plate CLIV, fig. 3. 



Syncrossus Berdmorei, Blyth, J. A. S. of Bengal, 1860, p. 166. 

 Botia Berdmorei, Day, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1869, p. 549. 

 Nga-tha.laij-doh and Shoay-zagay, Burmese. 



B. iii, 13-15(tv?t3). P- 13, V. 8, A. 7(f), C. 17. 



Length of head 4| to 5, of caudal 5, height of body 5 to 5i in the total length. Eyes— in about the 

 middle of the length of the head, diameter 6 to 7 in the length of head, 4 diameters from end of snout and 1 \ 

 apart. Body compressed. Suborbital spine reaches to below the middle of the eye. Barbels — six. Fins — 

 dorsal commences midway between the posterior nostril or the orbit and the base of the caudal fin. Scales — 

 minute. Colours— hnff, with 10 or 11 vertical darkish bands, extending from the back to the abdomen. Head 

 likewise banded, and a dark line from the eye to the snout. Numerous oblong blotches over the body, sometimes 

 commencing opposite the orbit and ceasing about the end of the pectoral fin, in other examples being continued 

 all over the body. Dorsal fin with three or four rows of spots, and sometimes a large one at the base of the 

 last three or four rays : caudal with five or six : anal with two. 



This species appears closely allied to B. hymenophysa, Bleeker, but differs in its dorsal fin, and also in its 

 colours, &c. 



Eabitat.— The Irrawaddy river in Burma, and waters in its vicinity, certainly as high as Mandalay : also 

 Tenasserim. The example figured (life-size) was from Mandalay. 



6. Botia histrionica, Plate CLIV, fig. 4. 



Blyth, J. A. S. of Bengal, 1860, p. 166 ; Day, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1869, p. 550. 



B. iii, D. lu(f), P. 15, V. 8, A. 7(f), C. 19. 



Length of head 5, of caudal 5, height of body 4| in the total length. Eyes— small, diameter 1/6 of 

 length of head, 2^ diameters from end of snout, 2 diameters apart. Suborbital spine very strong and 

 extending to opposite the posterior margin of the orbit. Barbels— eight, j^ms— dorsal arises nearer the base 

 of the caudal tlian the end of the snout : it is slightly in advance of the ventrals. Caudal deeply forked. 

 Scuk.s— inconspicuous. Colours— olive, with five dark vertical bands on the body, and two on the head. All the 

 fins with two broad brown bars. 



Eabitat. — Burma. The single example (figured) came from Pegu, and is in the Calcutta Museum. 



