294 CYPErNiDit;. 



a. Five and a half inches long. Ganges. Prcscntedby Dr. A. Glinther. 

 b-e. Adult, half-gTOAvn, and young. Itlorar K,iver, G'wjdior. Pre- 

 sented by Lieut. 11. C. lieavan. 

 /. Adult: stuffed. 



Leucisrus sahnoides, Blyth, Journ. As. Soc. Eengal, 1858 (1859), 

 p. , from Allahabad, is described as " affined to B. golia, but 

 larger and deeper in the body, with the spots smaller, much more 

 numerous, and more regularly disposed, many of tliem occurring 

 below the lateral line, and others on the opercula and pra3opercula; 

 upper lip studded with pores. Lateral line composed of 88 to 90 

 scales ; and oblique series of 26 scales descending from anterior base 

 of dorsal. D. 10. A. 13." 



74. SCHACRA*. 

 Opsarius, sp., M^ CIcll. 



Scales small. Lateral line runnirlg immediately below the median 

 line of the tail. Abdomen not compressed into an edge. Dorsal 

 fin short, with less than nine branched rays, opposite to the space be- 

 tween ventrals and anal. Anal fin of moderate length, with at least 

 ten rays. Mouth anterior, the upper jaAV slightly overlapping the 

 lower. The maxillary reaches to behind the front margin of the 

 orbit. Barbels four. Suborbital ring of moderate width, the third 

 being narrower than the soft naked portion of the cheek. Pharyn- 

 geal teeth 5 . 4- — 4 . 4, vincinate. Gill-rakers none. Pseudobran- 

 chise. 



East-Indian continent. 



» 1. Schacra cirrhata. 



Cyprinus shacra, Ham. Buch. Fish. Gang. p. 271. 

 Opsarius cirratus, M'Clcll. Ind. Cypr. pp. 29G, 416, pi. 56. fig. 5 (bad 

 copy from Buchanan^ s oriymal drawinffs). 



D. 9. A. 10. V. 8. L. lat. 72. L. transv. 12/10. 



The height of the body is a little less than the length of the head, 

 and two-ninths of the total (without caudal). Snout as long os the 

 eye ; the upper barbels are longer than the lower, which are as 

 long iis the eye. Humerus produced backwards into a process ex- 

 tending beyond the origin of the pectoral fin. The four oiiter pec- 

 toral rays are very strong, and connected by a very broad interradial 

 membrane. Also the dorsal and anal rays are rather distant from 

 one another. Origin of the dorsal fin nearer to the caudal than to 

 the end of the sno\it. The first anal ray is inserted immediately 

 behind the last of the dorsal fin. Caudal fin deeply forked. Silvery, 

 Mith a series of about thirteen bluish spots along tlic side of the 

 back. 



]5cngal; Assam. 



a. Adult. Ganges. Presented by Dr. A. Giiuther. 



^'- Elockor irii'iilions ii subgenus " S/iacra" in his list of Cvpriuoids, bul. not 

 being acquainted with the type, he was unable to indicate one distinctive gene- 

 ric cliaractcr. 



