280 CYPRINID^. 



Locally distributed over central Europe ; found also in thermal 

 springs. 



a. Adult female. Holland. From Dr. Bleeker's Collection. 

 h. Numerous examples. Neckar. Presented by Dr. A. Giinther. 



c. Numerous examples. Neckar. From the Stuttgart Collection. 



d. Numerous examples. River Wiirm (Bavaria). From Dr. Gem- 



minger's Collection. 



e-i. Adult. Olmiitz. From Hr. Jeitteles's Collection. 



Tc-l. Adult males : skeletons. Olmiitz. From Hr^ Jeitteles's Col- 

 lection. 



2. E-hodeus sinensis. 

 Very closely allied to the European species. 



D. 12. A. 13. L. lat. 33. L. trausv. 10. 



The height of the body is two -fifths of the total length (without 

 caudal), the length of the head a little less than one-fourth. Pro- 

 file of the nape rather concave, that of the back very convex. The 

 lateral line is visible on three scales only. The third suborbital is 

 two-thirds as wide as the orbit. The dorsal fin commences behind 

 the ventral, somewhat nearer to the caudal than to the end of the 

 snout, and terminates above the middle of the anal. Anal with a 

 narrow, intensely black edge. Tail with a bluish band along the 

 middle, passing into blackish on the caudal fin. 



China. 

 a-h. Females, 2^ inches long. Purchased of Mr. Cuming, 

 c. Male. Chikiang. Purchased of Mr. Fortune. 



3. Rhodeus ocellatus. 



Pseudoperilampus (?) ocellatus, Kner, Novara, Fische, p. 365, taf. 15. 

 fig. 6. 



D..14. A. 14. L. lat. 33. L. transv. 11. 

 The height of the body is contained twice and one-third in the 

 total length (without caudal), the length of the head four times and 

 a half. Profile of the nape slightly concave, that of the back very 

 convex. The lateral line is visible on about five scales. The third 

 suborbital is scarcely more than half as wide as the orbit. The 

 dorsal commences behind the ventral, somewhat nearer to the end of 

 the snout than to the root of the caudal, and terminates opposite to 

 the tenth ray of the anal. Coloration nearly uniform ; a bluish band 

 along the middle of the side of the tail. 



China. 

 a. Two inches and two-thirds long. Purchased of Mr. Cuming. 



08. PSEUDOPERILAMPUS. 



I'seudoperilampus, Bleeker, Verdi, en Mvdedcel. Akad. Wd. Amdcrd. 

 XV. p. 235; or Nederl. Tijdschr. Dierh. i. p. 382. 

 Scales small ; lateral line incomplete, only on the anterior part of 



