25. SCHIZOTHOEA^X. 167 



being but little longer than the lower, as broad as long ; margin of 

 the lower jaw not cutting, without cartilaginous covering. Head 

 depressed, much elongate, with long snout ; interorbital space fiat. 

 Lower labial fold interrupted in the middle ; barbels longer than the 

 eye. Origin of the dorsal fin somewhat nearer to the root of the 

 caudal than to the end of the snout, opposite the root of the ventral. 

 The osseous dorsal ray is strong, long, and armed with strong, closely 

 set teeth. Anal fin narrow, reaching to the base of the caudal when 

 laid backwards. The height of the body is two-elevenths of the 

 total length (without caudal), the length of the head rather less 

 than two-sevenths. Eye small. Anal scales moderately developed, 

 the largest being half as broad as the orbit. Body with numerous 

 blackish dots. 



Cashmere and Afghanistan. 



a. Ten inches long, stuffed. River Behut, Cashmere. Presented 

 by H. Drummond, Esq. 



h. Ten inches long, stuffed. Afghanistan. From Griffith's Col- 

 lection. 



10. ScMzothorax hodgsonii. 

 Oreinus hodgsonii, Giinth. Proc. Zool. Soo. 1861, p. 224. 

 D. 10. A. 7. L. lat. 165. 



Snout very long, pointed, longer than the postorbital portion of 

 the head. Mouth inferior, at least as long as broad ; the upper jaw 

 projecting beyond the lower, with a broad fleshy lip, which is sub- 

 triangular in front, and has a free margin above ; margin of the lower 

 jaw slightly compressed, with a thin, deciduous cartilaginous layer ; 

 lower labial fold broad, free in its entire circumference, produced 

 into a short median lobe ; barbels about as long as the eye. Origin 

 of the dorsal fin in advance of the base of the ventral, and midway 

 between the root of the caudal and the end of the snout. The 

 osseous dorsal ray is strong, armed with very strong teeth. Anal fin 

 narrow, reaching nearly to the base of the caudal when laid back- 

 wards. Caudal fin deeply forked. The height of the body is one- 

 fifth of the total length (without caudal), the length of the head one- 

 fourth. Interorbital space slightly convex, the profile of the head 

 gradually passing into that of the back. Eye rather small, one- 

 seventh of the length of the head. Anal scales but little developed, 

 the largest being not quite half as broad as the orbit. Coloration 

 imiform. 



Nepal. 



a. Type of the species, stuffed, 20 inches long. Presented by B. H. 



Hodgson, Esq. 

 h-f. Young. Presented by B. H. Hodgsoh, Esq. 

 'i g-h. Very young. Simla. From the Collection of Messrs. von 



Schlagintweit. 



