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is three-fifths of that of the head ; ventral inserted below the end of 

 the dorsal fin. A round black spot on the end of the adipose fin. 

 East Indian continent. 



a-h. Adult and half-grown : stuffed. Ganges. 



c. Half-grown. Jamu, Himnlayas. From the Collection of Messrs. 



v. Schlagintweit. 



d. Adult : stuffed. Seharanpore. From Mr. Griffith's Collection. 

 e-g. Adult and half-grown : stuffed. India. 



In very young specimens (from 3 to G inches long) the dorsal spine 

 is comparatively feeble, much shorter than the first ray, and not 

 much more than half as long as the head. 



h-l. Young. India. Presented by G. R. Waterhouse, Esq. 



m. Young. Bengal. From the Collection of the East India Company. 



8. Macrones lamarrii. 

 Bagrus lamarrii, Cuv. Of Val. xiv. p. 407. pi. 415. 

 D. 1/7. A. 12. P. 1/9. V. 6. 



Head and body elongate, the length of the former being rather 

 more than one-fourth of the total (without caudal) ; the greatest 

 width of the head is one-half of its length, and the length of the 

 snout nearly one-fourth ; snout spatulate, with the upper jaw lunger. 

 Interneural shield twice as long as broad in adult specimens, and 

 four times as long as broad in young ones. The maxillary barbels 

 extend to, or slightly beyond, the dorsal fin. Dorsal spine very 

 strong, granulated, serrated behind, three-fifths as long as the head 

 in old specimens. The length of the adipose fin equals that of the 

 dorsal, and is less than the distance between both fins ; it is lower 

 than the hinder part of the tail. Caudal fin deeply forked, with the 

 upper lobe produced. Pectoral spine as strong as, but much shorter 

 than, that of the dorsal fin ; it is granulated, serrated along its inner 

 edge. Ventral fin inserted behind the vertical from the dorsal fin. 

 A round black spot on the end of the adipose fin. 



Ganges. 



a-h. Three feet long : stuffed. Ganges. From Capt. Boys's Collection. 

 c-d. Half-grown : stuffed. India. From the Collection of the East 

 India Company. 



e. Half-grown. Afghanistan. From Mr. Griffith's Collection. 



B. No separate interneural shield. 

 9. Macrones gulio. 



Penne visch, Nieuh. Zee- en Lantr. ii. p. 271 c. fig. 



Pimelodus gulio, Ham. Buck. pp. 201, 379. pi. 23. fig. 66. 



Bagrus albilabris, Cuv. fy Veil. xiv. p. 416. 



fuscus, Cuv. fy Val. xiv. p. 417 (variety with black mandibulary 



barbels).. 



birmannus, Cuv. fy Val. xiv. p. 419. 



gulio, Cuv. ty Val. xiv. p. 418 ; Bleek. Verh. Bat. Gen. xxv., Nalez. 



Beng. p. 116, and Prodr. Silnr. p. 163. 



