9. DANOILA. 39 



the head five times and a third or five times and a half. Coloration 

 uniform. 



Java, Sumatra, Borneo. 



a. Nine inches Ion?. From Dr. Bleeker's Collection, 



4. Dangila kuhlii. 



Daugila kuhlii, Cuv. Sf Val. xvi. p. 231 ; Bleek. Prodr. Cypr. p. 197 ; 

 or Atl. Ichthyol. Cypr. p. 44, tah. 10. fig. 1. 



D. 26-28. A. 7. L. lat. 39. L. transv. 7-7|/7. 



The lower barbels are much longer than the upper, or than the 

 eye. Lower lip distinct ; snout with two or three transverse series 

 of pores anteriorly. The origin of the dorsal fin is ojjposite the 

 ninth scale of the lateral line. There are four and a half longi- 

 tudinal series of scales between the lateral line and the root of the 

 ventral fin. The height of the body is contained thrice and a half 

 in the total length (without caudal), the length of the head four 

 times and a third. A blackish spot on the end of the lateral line 

 frequently lost in preserved specimens. 



Bata\'ia. 



a, h. Four and five inches long. 



5. Dangila sumatrana. 



? Cyi'ene philippinia, Hechel, in Eussegge/s Reisen, i. p. 1025. 

 Dangila sumatrana, Bleek. Xat. Tydschr. Ned. Ind. iii. p. 596; or 

 Prodr. Cypr. p. 200 ; or Atl. Ichthyol. Cypr. p. 46, tab. 15. fig. 2. 



D. 26. A. 7. L. lat. 37-38. L. transv. 5|/6. 



The lower barbels are much longer than the upper, and even than 

 the eye. Lower lip distinct ; snout with three transverse series of 

 pores anteriorly. The origin of the dorsal fin is opposite the ninth 

 scale of the lateral line. There are four longitudinal scries of scales 

 between the lateral line and the ventral fin. The height of the body 

 is one-foiu'th of the total length (without caudal), the length of the 

 head one-fifth. A narrow brownish band along the lateral line. 



Sumatra ; ? Philippine Islands. 



«. Type of the species, 7 inches long, in not good state. Sumatra. 

 From Dr. Bleeker's Collection. 



6. Dangila festiva. 



Cyrene festiva, Heckcl, in Pi/^segger's Pci'sen, i. p. 1025. 

 Dangila festiva, JJlcek. in Act. Hoc. Sc. Indo-Kcerl. ii. Portico, x. p. 16 ; 

 or Prudr. Cypr. p. 202 ; or Atl. Ichthyol. Cyjtr. p. 47, tab. 15. fig. 4. 



D. 26. A. 7. L. lat. 33. L. transv. 7|/7. 



The lower barbels are much longer than the upper, or than the 



eye. Lower lip distinct ; snout with two transverse scries of large 



pores anteriorlj-. The origin of the dorsal tin is opposite the eighth 



scale of the lateral line. There arc five longitudinal series of scales 



