480 XOTOPTERID^. 



3. Notopterus kapirat. 



? Tinea uiarina s. hippui-us, Bontim, IliM. Nat. Ind. p. 78. 

 Gymnotiis notopterus, Pall. Spicil. Zool. vii. p. 40, tat). 6, fig. 2 ; cop. 



by Honnatcrre, Encycl. p. 37, pi. 25. fig. 83. 

 Notopterus kapirat, Lacep. ii. p. 190 ; Valcnc. in Belong. Voy. Ind. 



Zool. p. 391, pi. 5. fig. 1 ; Bkck. Act. Ac. Cces. Leop.- Carol, xxiv. 1. 



Notopt. p. 55, tab. 0. 

 Clupea synura, Bl. Schn. p. 42G. 

 Mystus kapirat, Ham. Buck. Fish. Gang. p. 235 ; Gray, Ind. Zool. 



c. fig. 



badgee, Syhcs, Trans. Zool. Soc. ii. p. 370, tab. 67. fig. 2. 



Notopterus pallasii, Cuv. ^ Val. xxi. p. 130. 



bontianus, Cuv. Sf Val. xxi. p. 147, pi. G13 ; Blcek. Verh. Bat. Gen. 



xxiv. CJdroc. p. 17 ; or Nat. lydschr. Ned. Ind. i. 1850, p. 423. 



B. 7-8. D. 8-9. A. 100-110. Ycrt. 70-72. 



Upper profile of the head not, or scarcely, concave ; the maxillary 

 extends to below the middle of the orbit. The bones on the lower 

 side of the head finely serrated. Coloration uniform. 



East Indies. 



a. Many half-grown and young examples. Madras. Presented by 



Capt. Mitchell. 

 6. Young. Nilgherries. Purchased of Surgeon Day. 



c. Adult. Dekkan. From Col. Sykes's Collection. 



d. Adult : stuffed. Loodianah. From the Collection of the East- 



India Company. 

 e-f. Adult: skins. Poonah. Presented by Lieut. -Col. Play fair. 

 g. Adult. Calcutta. Presented by G, R. Waterhouse, Esq. 

 ]i~i. Adult and half-grown : stuffed. Eengal. Presented by G. II. 



Waterhouse, Esq. 

 Ic, I. Young. Assam. From the Collection of the East- India 



Company. 

 '^n-o. Half- grown and young. Cachar. Presented by Lieut.-Col. 



Playfair. 

 ]p. Adult. Siam. Pm'chased of Mr. Jamrach. 

 q. Half-grown. East India. From the Collection of the East-India 



Company. 

 r. Many adult and half-grown specimens : stuffed. East India. 

 s. Adult. East-Indian archipelago. From Dr. Bleekcr's Collection. 

 t. Adult. India. Presented by J. II. liecvcs, Esq. 



4. Notopterus afer. 

 B. 8. D. 5. A. IIG. C. 14. V. 0. 

 The height of the body is nearly equal to the length of the head, 

 which is contained five times and a half in the total (with the 

 caudal). Upper profile of the head straight or a little convex. The 

 diameter of the eye is a little more than the length of the snout, and 

 one-fifth of that of the head. The maxiUary extends nearly to the 

 vertical from the hind margin of the orbit. Teeth in the jaws in a 

 single series; palatine teeth in an 'oblong band, the outer being 

 strongest, forming a series like the maxillary teeth. None of the 



