19. BARBUS. 131 



a-h. Forty anfl twcnty-eiglit inches long : stuffed. Nepal. Pre- 

 sented by B. H. Hodgson, Esq. 



c. Young : skin. Eerki, Himalaya. From Griffith's Collection. 



d-e. Young : stufied. Himalayas. 



/. Young. Jamu, Himalayas. From the Collection of Messrs. von 

 Schlagintweit. 



If. Tliirty-eight inches long : stuffed. Northern India. From the 

 Collection of the East-India Company. 



h. Head of young. Malva, Central India. From the Collection of 

 Messrs. you Schlagintweit. 



i. Twenty-three inches long: stuffed. Scharunpore. From Grif- 

 fith's Collection. 



Z-. Young: in bad state. Dekkan. From Col. Sykes's Collection. 



/. Half-grown : stuffed. From Mr. WyUie's Collection. 



m. Twentj' inches long : stuffed. Presented by T. C. Jerdon, Esq. 



n. Young : skin. Hiver Chenab. From Griffith's Collection. 



0. Young : skin. Beebee Nance. From Griffith's Collection. 



p. Y'oung: skin. Jidalabad. From Griffith's Collection. 



Cyprimis putitora, Ham. Buch. Fish. Gang. pp. 303 & 388, from 

 Eastern Bengal, has not been sufficiently distinguished from this 

 species. Also M'CleUand describes a fish from China under this 

 name, Calcutt. Journ. Nat. Hist. iv. p. 399, tab. 23. fig. 4. 



Hamilton describes C. tor as having a " sharpish head," which 

 character is not found in B. hc.vasticJius (with which M'Clelland 

 attempted to identify this fish), but in B. progeneius. 



Also in this species the presence of a lower labial lobe is not con- 

 stant : it is not developed in young indi\"iduals ; and as regards old 

 ones, it is longer in some than in others. 



101. Barbus macrocephalus. 



Burapetea (Assam). 



Barbus macroceplialiis, M'CIeil. Lid. Ci/pr. p. 335, tab. 55. fig. 2 

 (bad). 

 This is at pre.'-ent a verj' doubtful species, evidently closely allied 

 to B. Mos(d, but said to be distinguished by a very large head, the 

 length of wliich is two-fifths only of the total (without caudal). L. 

 lat. 27. Lips not thickened, without lobes ; mouth anterior ('.'). 

 Assam. 



102. Barbus macrolepis. 



Labeobarbus macrolepis, Ilechcl, Fische aus Canchniir, p. GO, taf. 10. 

 fig. 2. 



Evidently closely allied to B. mosal. 



D. 12. A. 7. L. lat. 27. L. transv. 3^/3^. 

 The osseous dorsal ray is of moderate strength and smooth. There 

 are two longitudinal series of scales between tlie lateral line and the 

 root of the ventral fin. The height of the body is somewhat more 

 than one-fourth of the total length (without caudal), the hiigth of 

 tlic head two-sevenths ; snout of moderate length ; lips fleshy, the 



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