70 CYPRTNIDJE. 



6. Adult. Cachar. Presented by Lieut.-Col. Playfair. 



c. Eight inches long. Nepal. Presented by B. H. Hodgson, Esq. 



d-f, f/-l\ Adult and half-grown. Nepal. Presented by B. H 

 Hodgson, Esq. 



l-n. Half-grown. Cossye River. Presented by Lieut. R. C. Beavan. 



o-p. Adult. Ganges. Erom the Collection of the Zoological Society. 



q-r. Adult. Morar lliver, Gwalior. Presented by Lieut. R. C. 

 Beavan. 



s-t. Half-groAvn. Dekkan. Erom Col. Sykes's Collection. 



?«, v-}/. Adult and young. Seegoor lliver. Presented by Surgeon 

 Day as Oarra jerdoni. 



z, a. Adult, types of Garra malaharica. Malabar. Erom the Col- 

 lection of Dr. Bleeker and Surgeon Day. 



/3. Young. Wynaad. Presented by Surgeon Day as Oarra alta. 



y, 5, £, iT, rj. Numerous adult, half-grown, and young specimens. 

 Cejdon. 



^. Adult. India. Erom the Collection of the East-India Company. 



(. Numerous half-grown and j'oung specimens. Ilamoth-Gilead, 

 Palestine. From the Collection of the Rev. H. B. Tristram. 



2. Discognathus macrocMr. 



Closely allied to D. lamta, from M'hich it differs in the following 

 points: — 



D. 11. A. 7. L. lat. 34. L. transv. 4/5. 



Pectoral fin longer than the head, terminating at a very short 

 distance from the root of the ventral fin. Two longitudinal series of 

 scales between the lateral line and the root of the ventral fin. 

 Body much elongate, its greatest depth being less than the length of 

 the head, which is one-fifth of the total (without caudal) ; head 

 much depressed, its width being not much less than its length. 

 Width of the mouth equal to that of the interorbital space. Snout 

 equally depressed, not constricted before the eyes. Eye very small. 

 Barbels four, small. Caudal fin scarcely emarginate, with the lobes 

 equal in length. Chest and middle of abdomen naked, postpelvic 

 region covered with very large scales. Sides of the body clouded 

 with darker. A small black spot behind the upper end of the gill- 

 opening. 



Assam. 



a. Three and a half inches long. Erom the Collection of the East- 

 India Company. 

 6. Three and a half inches long. From Griffith's Collection. 



3. Discognathus nasutus. 



Platvcara nasiita, M'ClcU. Journ. As. Soc. Beny. vii. p. 947, tab. 65. 

 figs. 2 « & & ; or Ind. Cypr. pp. 300, 428, tab. 57. fig. 2. 



Snout with a constriction before the eyes. L. lat. 34. {M'Clell.) 

 Khassyah Mountains. 



