70 CTPRINID-E. 



6. Adult. Cachar. Presented by Lieut.-Col. Playfair. 



c. Eight inches long. Nepal. Presented by B. H. Hodgson, Esq. 

 d-f, g-k. Adult and half-grown. Nepal. Presented by B. H 



Hodgson, Esq. 



Z-Ji. Half-grown. Cossye River. Presented by Lieut. R. C. Beavan. 



o-j*. Adult. Ganges. From the Collection of the Zoological Society. 



q r. Adult. Morar River, Gwalior. Presented by Lieut. R. C. 

 Beavan. 



s-t. Half-grown. Dekkan. From Col. Sjkes's Collection. 



«, v-y. Adult and young. Seegoor River. Presented by Surgeon 

 Day as Garra jerdoni. 



z, a. Adult, types of Garra malabarica. Malabar. From the Col- 

 lection of Dr. Bleaker and Surgeon Day. 



/3. Young. Wynaad. Presented by Surgeon Day as Garra alta. 



y, S, s, (J", T?. Numerous adult, half-grown, and young specimens. 

 Ceylon. 



d. Adult. India. From the Collection of the East-India Company. 

 I. Numerous half-grown and young specimens. Ramoth-Gilead, 



Palestine. From the Collection of the Rev. H. B. Tristram. 



2. Discognatlms macrochir. 



Closely allied to D. lamta, from which it diiFers in the following 

 points; — 



D. 11. A. 7. L. lat. 34. L. transv. 4/5. 



Pectoral fin longer than the head, terminating at a very short 

 distance from the root of the ventral fin. Two longitudinal series of 

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

 Body much elongate, its greatest depth being less than the length of 

 the head, which is one-fifth of the total (vrithout caudal) ; head 

 much depressed, its width being not much less than its length. 

 Width of the mouth equal to that of the interorbital space. Snout 

 equally depressed, not constricted before the eyes. Eye very small. 

 Barbels four, small. Caudal fin scarcely emarginate, with the lobes 

 equal in length. Chest and middle of abdomen naked, postpelvic 

 region covered with very large scales. Sides of the body clouded 

 with darker. A small black spot behind the upper end of the gill- 

 opening. 



Assam." 



a. Three and a half inches long. From the Collection of the East- 



India Company. 



b. Three and a half inches long. From Griffith's Collection. 



3. Discognathus nasutus. 



Platycara nasuta, M'Clell. Jottrn. As. Soc. Beng. vii. p. 947, tab. 65. 

 figs. 2 rt & i ; or Ind. Cypr. pp. 300, 428, tab. 57. fig. 2. 



Snout w^ith a constriction before the eyes. L. lat. 34. (^M'Clell.) 

 Kha&syah Mountains. 



