308 characinid^:. 



5. Leporinus bimaculatus. 

 Casteln. Anirn. Amer. Slid, Poiss. p. 58. pi. 29. fig. 1. 

 Two large black spots on the lateral line: the first below the 

 origin of the dorsal, and the second corresponding to the space be- 

 tween dorsal and adipose fins. (Casteln.) 

 Rio Vermelho de Goyaz. 



6. Leporinus fasciatus. 



Salmo fasciatus, Block, taf. 379. 



Leporinus novem-faseiatus, Spix, Pise. Brasil. p. 65. tab. 37. 



fasciatus, Cuv. fy Vol. xxii. p. 34. 



D. 12. A. 11. V. 11. L. lat. 42. L. transv. 7/7. 



The height of the body is contained thrice and two-thirds in the 

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

 The eye is somewhat nearer to the end of the operculum than to the 

 extremity of the snout. Lips fringed. Eleven blackish cross-bands : 

 the first across the interorbital space, the second on the nape of the 

 neck, the third and fourth in front of the dorsal, the sixth, seventh, 

 and eighth between dorsal and adipose fins, the ninth and tenth 

 behind the adipose fin, the eleventh on the base of the caudal fin. 



Surinam, Brazil. 



a-fe. Fine specimens. Essequibo. From Mr. Ehrhardt's Collection. 

 c. Young. River Cupai. Purchased of Mr. Stevens. 



7. Leporinus affinis. 

 D. 12. A. 11. V. 11. L. lat. 43. L. transv. 8/8. 



Closely allied to L. fasciatus, but with fewer bands. 



The height of the body is contained thrice and three-fourths in the 

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

 two-fifths or four times and one-fourth. The eye occupies the middle 

 of the leugth of the head. Lips fringed. Nine blackish cross-bands : 

 the first across the interorbital space, the second on the nape of the 

 neck, the third and fourth in front of the dorsal, the sixth and seventh 

 between the dorsal and the adipose fins, the eighth and ninth between 

 the adipose and caudal fins. 



Para. 



a-b. Fine specimens. River Capin. Purchased of Mr. Stevens. 

 c-d. Young. From the Collection of the Zoological Society. 



8. Leporinus pachyurus. 



Cuv. $■ Vol. xxii. p. 36 ; Casteln. Anim. Amer. Sud, Poiss. p. 59. jfl. 30. 

 fig.l. 

 D. 12. A. 11. V. 10. L. lat. 40. L. transv. 6/7. 



The height of the body is two-sevenths of the total length (without 

 caudal), the length of the head rather more than one- fourth ; the 

 eye is somewhat nearer to the end of the operculum than to the 



