99. NEMACUILUS. 351 



its root from the ventral. Free portion of the tail as long as deep. 

 Body with nine dark cross bands, broader than the interspaces be- 

 tween ; a black streak across the root of the caudal. Dorsal and 

 caudal rays with blackish dots. 

 Bengal. 



a. Two inches long. Kossye River. Presented by Lieut. R. C. 

 Beavan. 



9. Nemachilus rupecola. 



Schistura rupecula, M^Cldl. Jouni. As. Soc. vii. tab. 5.5. fig. 3; and 

 Iiid. Cijpr. p. 309, tab. 57. tig. 3. 



D. 11. A. 7. V. 7-8. 



Scales inconspicuous. Caudal fin truncate, its lobes being rounded, 

 like all the other fins. Origin of the dorsal fin somewhat nearer to 

 the root of the caudal than to the end of the snout. The height of 

 the body is much less than the length of the head, which is one-fifth 

 of the total (without caudal). Head broad, depressed, especially the 

 snouf, which is as long as the postorbital portion of the head ; eye 

 verj' small. Barbels well developed ; a very distinct nasal appen- 

 dage. Length of the pectoral fin more than one-half of the distance 

 of its base from the ventral. Body with fourteen or fifteen dark 

 cross bands, broader than the interspaces between them ; a black 

 spot at the base of the anterior dorsal rays. 



Himalayas. 



a~h. Fine specimens. Sikkim. From the Collection of Messrs. von 

 Schlagintweit. 



10. Nemachilus subfuscus. 

 Schistura subfusca; M' Clell. Inch Cijpr. pp. 308, 443, pi. 53. fig. 5. 

 D. 11. A. 7. V. 7. 

 Caudal fin emarginate ; upper margin of the dorsal fin straight, 

 oblique. Body encircled by ten regidar brown zones, which are 

 much narrower than the interspaces between them. (J/' 67.) 

 Assam. 



11. Nemachilus nudus. 



Nemacbeilus nudus, Bleek. Nederl. Tydschr. Dierk. 1804, p. 12. 

 D. 11, A. 7. V. 8. 

 Trunk scaleless, tail -nith inconspicuous scales. Caiidal fin emar- 

 ginate, with the lobes pointed. The height of the body is mucli 

 less than the length of the head, which is one-fifth of the total 

 (without caudal). The eye occupies the middle of, and is two- 

 elevenths of, the length of the head ; 'W'idth of the interorbital space 

 a little more than the diameter of the ej'e. Fpper margin of the 

 dorsal fin straight, obliciue ; tlie length of the pectoral fin is a little 

 more than one-half of the distance of its root from the ventral. 

 Body with about fifteen dark cross bands, broader than the inti r- 

 spaccs betwe^n them and becoming irregular towards the caudal 



