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natural colouration. I can only refer to Gray's figures, which 

 I think can be relied upon in this respect. 



Locality : — Eastern Himalayas. 



The following are the measurements (in millimetres) and 

 proportions of the specimens in the Museum :■ — 



1. Total length of body ( caudal excluded ) 



2. Depth of body ... 



3. Length of head .. 



4. Width of head ... 



5. Length of .snout ... 



6. Diameter of eye ... 



7. Interorbital width 



8. Length of pectoral fin 



9. Length of ventral fin 



10. Longest ray of dorsal 



11. ,, ,, ,, anal 



Bhavania, gen. nov. 



Head moderately long and broad, becoming rather pointed 

 towards the snout ; head and body depressed, eyes on the dorsal 

 surface, looking outwards and upwards, mouth provided with 

 thick, fleshy lips and usuall}^ with a number of muscle-bands 

 running outwards and backwards from the angles and the lower 

 lip. Pectorals and ventrals of almost normal size, with 19 ra^^s in 

 the former and 9 in the latter. 



This genus has been so indiscriminately confused with Balitora 

 from the Eastern Himalayas that great difficulty has been ex- 

 perienced in separating its species. Day {Proc. Zool. Soc, p. 348, 

 1867) records Homaloptera brucei from the W3maad Hills in Madras. 

 I think this is the species described by Jerdon as Platycara australis. 

 In his later work Day confused it with Balitora brucei from the 

 Eastern Himalayas. In the Journal of the Asiatic Society, Xlyl, 

 p. 29, 1872, a description of H. maculata from Bhutan and the 

 Khasi Hills is given, but the description does not agree with the 

 figure of a male W3maad specimen in the Fishes of India. Captain 

 {now Major) Sewell's collection from Southern India clears up this 

 confusion to a great extent. In it there are young of two species of 

 Bhavania, in one the lower lobe of the caudal fin is slightly longer 

 than the upper, the other has the lobes almost equal and also 

 certain peculiarities of the lower lip and jaws. Under this South 

 Indian genus, therefore, I have been able to distinguish two 

 species. 



Key to the species of Bhavania. 



Snout broad and obtuse, lower lip interrupted, caudal 



lobes equal ... ... ... ... B. annandalei. 



Snout somewhat pointed, lips continuous, lower caudal 



lobe the longer ... ... ... ... B. australis. 



