662 Records of the Indian Museum. [Vol. XXII, 



Vindhya Range and the Nepal Terai. Buchanan procured some 



specimens from the Gorakhpur District, probably from the hill- 

 streams. 



Measurements in millimetres of a female specimen. 



Total length including caudal ... ... ... 470 mm 



Length of caudal .. ... g'j ,, 



,, head ... ... . H)'5 .. 



W'idt'n of head ... ... 80 ., 



Depth of body near origin of dorsal hn ... ... g'o ,, 



Diameter of eye ... .. .■■ ... 2'f> ,, 



Length of snout .. ... ... ... 4"4 ,, 



Interorbital width ... ,S'5 .. 



Length of longest rav of dorsal S'o .. 



,." .. anal . . ... ... 7-5 ,, 



., ,, pectoral ... 9'5 ,. 



,, ventral . . ... /'S .. 



,, ,, caudal peduncle .. ... S'7 •■ 



Hci.ght of ,, ., S'2 .. 



I have examined specimens of this species from the following 

 localities : — 



Bhaura Stream. Kharagpur Hills, .South S. L. Hora i. 



of Monghyr. 



Uttar Band, Man R., Kharagpur Hills, ,, ... ... i. 



South of iMongh3T. 



Katin Nallah, Kharagpur Hills, South ,, ... ... 6. 



of iMonghyr. 



Maldhun, Nainital Dist., U.P. . .M us. Coll. ... ,. i. 

 Narsingpur, C.P. ... , .\Laj. \V H. Kenrick ... i. 



Chandli Deoli, C.P. ... ... Col. Biddulph ... 5. 



Garra lissorhynchus (McClelland). 



Plate XXVI, figs. 2, 2a. 



1842. Platycara lissorhynchus, .McClelland. Calcutta 'Jo;:rn. Xaf. Hist. 

 H, p. 587. pi. Ixviii, fig. 



1868. Discognathiis macrochir, C.iinther. Cat. Brit. Miis. Fisli. \'\\, 



p. 70. 



1869. Mayoa modesta, Day, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, p. .55,'?. 



1871. Mayoa modesta, Day, Jonrn. As. Soc. Bengal X[- 2) p. loS. 



pi, ix, fig. 2. 

 1878, Discognathiis modesttts. Day, Fish. India IL p. 528, pi. cxxii. 



fig- ,S- 

 1889. Discognathiis modestus, Day, Faun. Brit. Iiid. Fish. 1, p. 247. 



Giinther seems to have been unaware of McClelland's Platycara 

 lissorhynchus , as no reference is made to this species in his cata- 

 logue. McClelland described his species from specimens obtained 

 ill the Khasi Hills by Mr. Griffith and from page 574 of the volume 

 cited above, it is clear that he forwarded one specimen " to the 

 Museum at the India House." Giinther's form was known to him 

 from two examples, one from the collection of the East India Com- 

 pany and the other from Mr. Griffith's collection. The former 

 example is probably that which was despatched to the India 

 House by McClelland. Having examined numerous specimens 

 from the Kliasi Hills and after having carefully compared them with 



