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Lead, ami four irregular black bands descending from tlie back as low 

 as the lateral line : a black edging to caudal lin, and a similar mark 

 on eitiier lobe : dorsal fin also with a dark mark. DeccaUj to a few 

 inches in length. 



b. With six harlels. 



I'Bl. Ilemipitnelodus cenia, Ham. Buch. Pucl-chi-ah, Chet-wu-ah, 

 and Kul-la, Panj. : Ce-ni-a, Sind. : Jimyla and Ce-ni-a, Beng. : Nc/a- 

 nan-jouiiff, liuvm. D. ^^jO, A. 13. Six barbels, no nasal pair ; otherwise 

 resembles the last species, excepting tliat its air-vessel is smaller. Large 

 rivers of India (excluding most of Madras) and Burma. It attains 



5 inches in length. 



IS'2. Ilnmijnmelodus viridcscens, Ilam. Buch. Hutl-dah, N. 

 W. Prov. D. ^/O. A. 11. Greenish brown, with two light 

 green bands ; a dark mark on the dorsal fin, and each lobe of the caudal 

 with a similar blotch. Jumna River, It is only a small species. 



Oenus — Baoarius, Sleeker. 



Branchiostegals twelve. Gill-membranei with their posterior mar- 

 gins free : thorax- without any plaits on skin. Superior surface of the head 

 osseous. Eyes small. Mouth anterior : lower jaw the longer. Nostrils close 

 together, divided by a barbel, ivhich belongs to the posterior one. Barbels 

 eight — one nasal, one maxillary, and two mandibular pairs. Teeth in the 

 jaws cardi/orm and of unequal size. First dorsal Jin in advance of the 

 ventral, having one spine and six rays : adipose Jin rather short : ventral 

 toith six rays : anal of moderate extent: caudal deeply forked. Air-vessel 

 small, consisting of two rounded portions, situated on either side of the 

 body of an anterior vertebra, and partially enclosed in bone. 



ISS. Bagarius Yarrellii, ^ykes. Goonch, Panj. : Rahti-jella, Tel. : 

 Sah-lun, Ooriah. D. ^0, A. 13-15. Yellowish, with large irregular 

 brown or black markings and cross bands ; a black base to the fins; 

 all have likewise a black band, except Uie adipose dorsal. Large rivers 

 of India, extending to Java. It descends to the estuaries, and attains 



6 feet or more in length. 



Genus — Pseudeobeneis, Blyth. 



Body somewhat elongate. Head depressed. Gill-optenings small, not 

 extending to the lower surface oj the head. An adhesive apparatus, 

 formed of transverse folds of skin, situated between the bases of the piec- 

 ' toral Jins, and on the thorax. Head covered siqieriorly with soft skin. Eyes 

 small, on the npper surface of the head. Mouth small, inj'erior. Nostrils 

 on either side close together and divided by a barbel. Barbels eight, the 

 maxillary pair having broad bases. Teeth villiform in the jaws, none on 

 the palate. Dorsal fm with one spine and six rays: the adipose one of 

 moderate extent : pectorals horizontal, spine Jinely serrated : ventral with 

 six rays, and situated under the dorsal : caudal forked. Air-vessel in two 

 rounded lateral portions, entirely enclosed in bone. 



124.. Pseudecheneis sulcatus,'McC]n]\imd. D. ^/O.A.ll. Blackish, 

 witli some large irregidar yellowish blotches (of grciund colour) : lins 

 yellow with black bands. Rivers below Uarjecling and the Khasya Hills. 

 It attains at least 5^ inches in length. 



