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4. OsteocMlus kappenii. 



Rohita kappenii, Bleek. Act. Soc. Sc. Tmh-Ncerl. ii. Borneo, x. p. 19 ; 

 or Prodr. Cypr. p. 167 ; or Atl, Ichthijol. Cypr. p. 04, tab. 12. tig. 1. 



D. 18. A. 7. L. lat. 32. L. transv. 5i/6i. 



Four longitudinal series of scales between the lateral line and 

 ventral fin. Snout -without pores. The upper barbels onlj- half as 

 long as the lower, which are as long as the eye. Eye in the middle 

 of the length of the head. The height of the body is contained twice 

 and three-fifths in the total length (without caudal), the length of 

 the head four times and one-fourth. A large black blotch on the 

 root of the caudal fin. 



Borneo. 

 a. Tyije of the species, 5 inches long. Pontianak. From Dr. 

 Bleeker's Collection. 



5. Osteochilus kuhlii. 



Rohita kuhlii, Bleek. Prodr. Cypr. p. 177 ; or Atl. Ichthyol. Ci/pr. 

 p. 08, tab. 12. fig. 3. 



D. 17. A. 8. L. lat. 33. L. transv. 4i/5. 



Three longitudinal series of scales between the lateral line and 

 ventral fin. Snout without pores. The upper barbels are one- 

 third the -size of the lower, which iixe longer than the orbit. Eye 

 somewhat nearer to the end of the snout than to that of the operclo. 

 The height of the body is one-third of the total length (without 

 caudal), the length of the head two-ninths. A lai'ge blackish spot 

 on the end of the tail. 



Sumatra. 

 a. Type of the species, 6 inches long. Palembang. From Dr. 

 Bleeker's Collection. 



0. OsteocMlus schlegelii. 



RoMta schlegelii, Bleek. Nat. Tijdschr. Ned. Ind. ii. p. 42.3, & ix. p. 420; 

 Prodr. Cypr. p. 109 ; or Atl. Ic-hthyol. Cypr. p. 05, tab. 15. tig. 3. 



D. 16. A. 7. L. lat. 35. L. transv. 6^/74. 



Five longitudinal series of scales between the lateral line and 

 ventral fin. Snout without pores. Barbels not well developed, 

 shorter than the eye, which is in, oi* in young examples before, the 

 middle of the length of the head. The height of the body is con- 

 tained twice and four-fifths in the total length (without caudal), 

 the length of the head four times and one-fburth. Frequently an 

 indistinct very large blackish blotch anteriorly on the dorsal fin. 



Sumatra and Borneo ; Siam. 

 a. One of the tj'pical specimens. From Dr. Bleeker's Collection. 

 h. Half-grown. Borneo. From the Leyden Museum. 

 c. Half-grown. Siam. Purchased of Mr. Jamrach. 



