2. mast.vci;mbklus. o4'.i 



Trans. Zool. Soe. ii. p. 350. tab. GO. fig. 2; Blcch. JWIinurf. Bdlar. 



Gotootsch. XXV., Hind, en Ben;/, p. 97. 

 Mastacembelus ponticeriamis, Cur. ^ Val. viii. p. 460. 

 niarmoratus, Cuv. df Val. viii. p. 4G1 ; Jacqu. Vorj. Iiul. Fois>>. 



pi. 14. fig. 2. 

 INIacrognatlius imdiilatus, MacCleU. CaJc. Journ. Nat. Hist. iv. p. 398. 



pi. 22. fig. 1. 



hamiltonii, MacClell. I. c. p. 393. 



? Mastacembeliis venosus, Val. in Jacqu. Voy. Inch Poiss. pi. 14. fig. 1. 



D. 35-39 I 79-87. A. 3 | 79-87. Caec. pylor. 2. Vert. 39/53 



The maxillary extends to the vertical from the nostril. Vertical 

 tins continuous. Brownish -olive : a bro.vn band from the snout 

 through the eye, forming irregular zigzags along the side, and emit- 

 ting cross-bars to the dorsal and anal fins, 



Var. Head with two rather irregular longitudinal brown bands. 

 A series of very distinct brown spots along the base of the dorsal and 

 anal fins ; sides of the body with brown reticulated bands. 



Fresh waters of Ceylon, Bengal, and Chusan. 



a. Var. ahnata. 

 a. Adult. Calcutta. From the Collection of Messrs. v. Schlagintweit. 

 h-d. Half-groAvn. Siam. From M. Mouhot's Collection. 

 e-f, (j. /Vdult. East Indies. 



/3. Var. jjonticenana. 



h-i, Ic, I. Adult, half-grown, and young. Ceylon. Piu'chased of Mr. 

 Cuming. 



m. Young. Nepal. Presented by B. H. Hodgson, Esq. {Mastacem- 

 helus hodfjsonii, Kaup). 



n. Adult : stiiffed. East Indies. From the Collection of the Zoo- 

 logical Society. 



0. Adult : skeleton. Ceylon. Purchased of !Mr. Cuming. 



y. A verj^ old female does not show any markings, but is uniform 

 browTi. 

 p. Very fine specimen : sixteen inches long. Ceylon. Purchased 



of Mr. Cuming. 

 q. Adult : stuffed. Calcutta. From the Collection of the East India 



Company. 



8. Mastacembelus maculatns. 



Rliyncliobdella maciilata, JRcinw. 



Mastacembelus maciilatus, Cui: >$• Val. viii. p. 401; Rk/ne Anim. III. 

 Poiss. pi. 55. fig. 1 ; Bleeker, Blitong, p. 93. 



D. 20-30 I 00-70. A. 3 | 59-69. 



PrKopcrculum without spines. Vertical fins continuous. Brown, 

 clouded with darker; vertical fins with a yellow margin, do: i. 1 with 

 a series of blackish spots along the base. 



Fresh waters of Blitong, Java, and Sumatra. 



