620 PHTSOSTOMI. 



narrow vertical white bands, not above 1/8 or 1/6 as wide as the ground colour, a black band at the root of the 

 caudal fin ; a black blotch at the base of the first few dorsal rays, on to which the white body bands are 

 continued, and four or five rows of dark spots on the fin. Caudal with narrow bands of dark spots : two bands 

 also on the ventral and anal fins. 



Habitat. — Bengal and N. W. Provinces. 1 received some specimens from the hills near Ranigunj. The 

 example figured (life-size) was from the N.W. Provinces. 



23. Nemacheilus Beavani, Plate CLVI, fig. 8. 



Neniachilus heavani, Giinther, Catal. vii, p. 350. 



Nemacheilus chryseus. Day, Journ. Linn. Society, Zool. xi, p. 529. 



B. iii, D. 10(1), P. 11, V. 7, A. 7(f), C. 19. 



Length of head 5, of caudal 5t, height of body 65 to of in the total length. Eyes — small, just before 

 the middle of the length of the head. The greatest width of the head equals half its length. Preorbital not 

 enlarged. Free portion of the tail as long as deep. Barbels — six, four rostral and two maxillary. Fins — 

 dorsal with an oblique upper edge, it arises slightly nearer the end of the snout than the base of the caudal. 

 Pectoral extends two-thirds of the distance to the root of the ventral. Caudal lobed. Srales — minute. 

 Colours — body with nine dark cross bands, broader than the lighter interspaces, a black streak across the root 

 of the caudal. Dorsal and caudal rays with blackish dots. The bands appear to be absent in some specimens. 



Habitat. — Bowany river in iladras and iSlysore, also Orissa. The example figured (life-size) was from 

 the Bowany. 



24. Nemacheilus spilopterus, Plate CLIII, fig. 9. 



Colitis spilopterus, Cuv. and Val. xviii, p. 27, pi. 522. 

 Neniachilus spilopterus, Giinther, Catal. vii, p. 358. 



B. iii, D. 9.10(y^s), P- 15, V. 7, A. 7(|), C. 19. 



Length of head 5f to 6, of caudal 6i to 7, height of body 85 to 9 in the total length. Eyes — near the • 

 summit of the head and in or rather before the middle of its length, 2 diameters from end of snout, and 1^- 

 apart. No enlargement of the preorbital. Barbels — short. Free portion of tail about twice as long as 

 high. Fins — dorsal with an oblique upper margin, it commences midway between the end of the snout and 

 the root of the caudal. Pectoral reaches half way to the base of the ventral. Caudal slightly emarginate. 

 Scales — absent. Colours — greenish yellow, with from eleven to fifteen irregular bands crossing the back, and a 

 black band across the root of the caudal fin. A black blotch at the base of the three first dorsal rays, 

 two bands along the fin, another along its base, and three on caudal. 



This species is very closely allied to N. montaims, differing in the form of the head, size of the eye, and 

 pectoral fin, also in the markings of the dorsal and caudal. 



Habitat. — Himalayas, Assam, and Cochin China. 



25. Nemacheilus marmoratus, Plate CLV, fig. 9. 



Cobitis marmorata, Heckel, Fisch. Kaschmir, p. 70, t. 12, figs. 1 — 2, and Hiigel, Kaschmir, iv, p. 380 : 

 Cuv. and Val. xviii, p. 41 ; Bleeker, Beng. p. 70. 



Cobitis vittata, Heckel, 1. c. p. 80, figs. 3, 4; and Hiigel, Kaschmir, iv, p. 382 ; Cuv. and Val. xviii, p. 

 42 ; Bleeker, Beng. p. 72. 



Neniachilus marmoratus, Giinther, Catal. vii, p. 350 ; Day, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1876, p. 798. 



B. iii, D. 9(f), P. 11, V. 7, A. 7(1), C. 17. 



Length of head 4 J to 5, of caudal 5, height of body 7 in the total length. Sye.*— situated in the middle 

 of the length of the head : two diameters from the end of snout. Free portion of tail from 1 j to 2 times as 

 long as high. Fins — upper margin of dorsal fin oblique, commencing midway between the end of the snout 

 and the root of the caudal, which latter is somewhat convex or cut square at its extremity. Pectoral reaches 

 half way to the root of the ventral. Scales — absent. Colours — marbled or irregularly blotched and mottled 

 with brown. Fins more or less spotted. In some specimens a dark baud exists along the body and some bars 

 over the back of the tail. (N. vittata.) 



Habitat. — Cashmere Lake. 



26. Nemacheilus StoliczkaB, Plate CLV, fig. 10. 



Cobitis StoliczliCB and tenuicauda. Stein. Verb, zool-bot. Ges. Wien, 1866, p. 793, t. 14, fig. 2, and t. 

 xvii, f. 3. 



Nemachilus tenuicauda, StoliczhcB and Griffithii, Giinther, Catal. vii, pp. 357, 360. 

 Nemacheilus StoUczkoe, Day, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1876, p. 795, Pishes of Yarkand, Plate v, fig. 2. 



B. iii, D. 9(f), P. 13, V. 8, A. 7(1), C. 15. 



Length of head 6, height of body 8 in the total length. Eyes — diameter 8 in length of the head, 3 diameters 



