324 CYPRINID.E. 



3. Osteobrama alfrediana. 



Leuciscus duvaucelii, Cuv. 8f Val. xvii. p. 77 (not p. 9o). 



alfredianus, Ouv. 8;- Val. xvii. p. xvi (index), pi. 488. 



Osteobrama cotis, Bli/th,Joum.As. Soc. Bcng. 1860, p. 168 (not H. B.). 



D. 10. A. 32-36. L. lat. 60. L. transv. 13/16. 

 The osseous dorsal ray is slender, slightly serrated. The height 

 of the body is contained twice and two-fifths or twice and a half in 

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

 and one-third. Profile of the nape concave. Snout obtuse, arched, 

 shorter than the eye. Upper jaw slightly overlapping the lower. 

 The pectoral fin extends beyond the root of the ventral. 



Nepal ; Bengal ; Assam ; Tennasserim. 

 a. Half-grown. Bengal. Presented by G. R. Waterhouse. Esq. 

 h. Several half-grown specimens in bad state. Kulu, Himalaya. 



From the Collection of Messrs. von Schlagintweit. 

 c. Half-grown. Northern India. Presented by Lieut. -Col. Play fair. 

 d-e. Half-grown. Cachar. Presented by Lieut.-Col. Playfair. 

 /. Half-grown. Assam. From the Collection of the East-India 



Company. 

 g-i. Adult and half-grown. Cossye Eiver. Presented by lieut. 



R. C. Beavan. 



4. Osteobrama ogilbii. 



Rohtee ogilbii, Syhes, Trans. Zool. Soc. ii. p. 364. 

 Osteobrama ogHhii, 'Heckelf'l.c. (name only). 



D. 11. A. 15-16. V. 9. L. lat. 50. L. transv. 12/13. 



The osseous dorsal ray is deeply serrated, of moderate strength, 

 and Sis long as the head. The height of the body is contained twice 

 and a fourth in the total length (without caudal). The length of tlie 

 head four times ; profile of the nape slightly concave. Eye large, 

 much longer than the snout, one-third of the length of the head, and 

 narrower than the interorbital space. Snout obtuse, upper'jaw over- 

 lapping the lower ; mouth small ; the maxillary reaches nearly the 

 vertical from the front margin of the orbit. Pra^orbital as deep as 

 long, suborbitals very narrow. The origin of the dorsal fin is more 

 remote from the end of the snout than from the root of the caudal, 

 and behind the base of the ventral. The pectoral reaches to the 

 root of the ventral. Caudal fin deeply forked. Lateral line but 

 little bent downwards ; there are nine or ten longitudinal series of 

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

 a very indistinct blackish blotch on the root of the caudal fin. 



Indian peninsula. 



a. Madras. Presented by Surgeon Day. 



b. Northern India. Presented by Li exit. -Col. Playfair. 



