134 CYPRINIDiE. 



till scarcely higher than long ; its origin is a little in front of tlie 

 vertical from that of the veutrals, and midway between the end of 

 the snout and I'oot of the caudal tin. Body with three black cross 

 bands — the first, rather irregular, across the occiput, the second 

 from and from before the anterior dorsal rays to the root of the ven- 

 tral, the third across the tail, behind the dorsal and above the ante- 

 rior anal rays. Sometimes the bands are indicated only by the re- 

 ticulated black margins of the scales (/-'. c/rai/i). 

 Hill-ranges of Travancore ; Nilgherries. 



a. One of the typical specimens of B. melanampyx. Travancore. 



Presented by Surgeon Day. 

 h. Adult. Travancore. From Dr. Bleeker's Collection. 

 c-e. Half-grown. Nilgherries. Presented by Surgeon Day. 

 f-h. Typical specimens of F. grayi. Nilgherries. Presented by 



Surgeon Day. 



2. African. 



108. Barbus camptacanthus. 



Puntius (Barbodes) camptacanthus, Bleek. Poiss. Cote de Guinee, in 

 Mem. Soc. Holl. Harlem, 186i>, p. Ill, tab. 23. fig. 2. 



( ) ablabes, Bleek. I. c. p. 114, tab. 23. fig. 1. 



Enteromius potamogalis, Cupe, Juurn. Ac. Nat. 8c. Philad. 186(5, 

 p. 405. 



D. 11. A. 7. L. lat. 21-23. L. transv. 3|/4. Vert. 18/16. 



No osseous dorsal ray. Two and a half longitudinal series of 

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

 rather oblong, its depth being one third of the total length (without 

 caudal ; head of moderate size, one-fourth of tlie total (witliout 

 caudal) ; snout of moderate length, much longer than the eye, 

 which is small, two-ninths or one-fifth of the lengtli of the head ; 

 barbels moderately long, longer than the eye ; prae- and suborbital 

 region with numerous pores. Dorsal fin higher than long ; its 

 origin is opposite to that of the ventrals and rather nearer to the 

 end of tlie snout than to the root of the ventrals. A narrow blackish 

 band runs along the middle of the side, and somewhat widens be- 

 hind ; indistinct streaks along the upper series of scales. 



West Africa. 



a, h. Fine adult specimens. Niger Expedition. 

 c~e. Half-grown. Niger Expedition. 

 /. Adult. River Bonny. Purchased of Mr. J. Wood. 

 g. Half-grown. Presented by the Royal College of Surgeons. 

 Ti. Adult male: skeleton. River Bonny. Purchased of Mr. J. 

 Wood. 



109. Barbus radiatus. 

 Peters, MS. 



D. 11. A. 8. L. lat. 26. L. transv. 3^/3. 

 No osseous dorsal ray. There are two longitudinal series of scales 

 between the lateral line and the root of the ventral. Body oblong. 



