352 cyprtnid-t:. 



fin, where they are broken up into spots. Dorsal fin with a dark 

 spot anteriorly at the base, and with a series of dark dots. (Blkr.) 



Mongolia. 



12. Nemachilus denisonii. 

 Nemacheilus denisonii, Dcj/, Proc. Zool. Soc. 18G7, p. 287. 

 D. 10. A. 7. V. 7. 



Scales inconspicuous. Caudal fin subtruncate, with the lobes 

 rounded, but one ray projecting beyond the margin of the fin supe- 

 riorly and inferiorly. Origin of the dorsal fin midway between the; 

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

 body is much less than the length of the head, which is a little less 

 than one-fourth of the total (without caudal). Head ratlier de- 

 pressed ; snout of moderate length, shorter than the postorbital por- 

 tion of the head ; eye rather small. Length of the pectoral fin 

 two-thirds of the distance of its base from the ventral. Body with 

 about nine dark cross bands, broader than the interspaces between 

 them. Dorsal and caudal fins traversed by a series of brown dots. 



Kilgherries. 

 a. One of the typical specimens. Bowany River. From Mr. Day's 

 Collection. 



13. NemacMluS notostigma. 



Nemacheilus notostigma, JJlcik. Vrr/i. Hull. Maatsch. Haarlem, 18G4, 

 Cohit. et Cypr. Ceyl. p. 5, tab. 1. fig. 2. 



D. 10. A. 7. V. 7. 



Scales rather inconspicuous. Caudal fin distinctly emarginate. 

 The origin of the dorsal fin is midway between the end of the snout 

 and the root of the caudal. The height of the body is much less 

 than the length of the head, which is a little more than one-fifth of 

 the total (without caudal). Snout of moderate length, somewhat 

 shorter than the postorbital portion of the head. Eye not very 

 small. The free portion of tlie tail is as long as deep. The length 

 of the pectoral fin is three-fifths of the distance of its root from the 

 ventral. Upper margin of the dorsal fin slightly oblique, straight, 

 with the anterior corner rounded. Body with twelve or thirteen 

 bro^\'nish cross bands, broader than the interspaces between them ; 

 a blackish streak crosses the root of the caudal. Each dorsal ray 

 with two or three, each caudal ray -with three or four, black dots. 

 A black spot at the base of the anterior dorsal rays. 



Ceylon. 



a, b-c, d-g. Fine specimens. Purchased of Mr. Cuming, 



14. Nemachilus triangularis. 



Neniacheilua triangularis, I)a>i, Proc. Zvol. Soc. ]8Go, p. 295; or 

 Fish. Malab. p. 20^, pi. 14. tig. 1 (bad). 



D. 10. A. 7. 

 Scales very conspicuous. (!audal fin cnnspicuously emarginate. 

 Origin of the dorsal fin nearly midwav ))etwiTn tlie end of the snout. 



