316 sci^NiD^. 



c. Adult: stuifcd. 



d. Three feet long : stuflEed, Sea of Pinang. 



e. Three feet long : stuffed. Calcutta. From Mr. E. Blytt's Col- 



lection. 



J. Half-grown; skin. Malayan Pfininsula. From Dr. Cantor's 

 Collection. 



5, h. Young : skins. Malayan P^ininsula. From Dr. Cantor's Col- 

 lection, 



3. Collichthys pama, 



Bola pama, BiwTi. Ham. Gang. Fi'sk-es, pp. 79, 368. pi. 32. f. 26. 

 Scifena pama, Cuv. §• VaL v. p. 55. pi. 101 ; Bleck. Verh. Bat. Gen, 

 XXV. p. 92. 



D. 10 I ~. A. 4. L. lat. 70. Vert. 24. Ctec. pylor. 9, 



I 40-43 - 7 '^ 



The height of the body is 5-51 in the total length, the length of 

 the head 4L-4| ; the diameter of the eye is one-eighth of the latter, 

 or one-half the length of the snout ; the ui)per maxillary reaches to 

 behind the posterior margin of the orbit. Caudalis elongate, pointed. 

 Opercular region with two skinny lobes. 



Bay of Bengal, entering rivers. 



«. Adult. Calcutta. Presented by G. R. Watcrhouse, Esq. 

 b. Half-grown. Calcutta. Presented by Gr. K. Waterhouse, Esq, 

 <. Adult : stuffed : not good state. Bay of Bengal. From the Col- 

 lection of the Zoological Society. 

 d, e. Adult: stuifed, India. 



f-h. Young. India. Presented by Gr. R. Waterhonse, Esq, 

 t. Adult ; stuifed : not good state. East Indies. From the Col- 

 lection of the East India Company, 



12. NEBRIS. 



Nehris, Ciw. ^ Val. v. p. 149. 



Body oblong ; muzzle with the lower jaw prominent ; eye snmlL 

 Two dorsals, the first with eight feeble spines ; the anal with two 

 thin spines. All the teeth villiform. Praeoperculum vrith a scaleless, 

 striated membrane behind. Scales small. Air-bladder with two 

 very long horns. Pseudobranchiie ? * 



Suiinam, 



1. Neljris microps, 



Cuv. ^- Val. V. p. 149. pi. 112. 



D. 8 I ^. A. J. L. lat. 85. L. transv. 30. 



The height of the body is 4| in the total length, the length of the 

 head four times ; the diameter of the eye is one-tenth of the latter. 

 The snout is obtuse, not very short, with the lower jaw projecting 



* We may infer, from the other Seiesnidcs which are the closest allied to iVeiris, 

 that the pseudobranchiie are absent. 



