64 On neio Cyprinoid Fishes from Mysore. 



Measurements in hundredths of total length without 

 caudal fin : — 



mm. 



Total length without caudal lin 85 



Depth of body 17-b" 



Depth of caudal peduncle 1O0 



Length of head 25-2 



Depth of head 11"7 



Width of head behind eyes 100 



Length of snout 14T 



Diameter of orbit 4 - 7 



Width of interorbital space 35 



Width of mouth _ 5-8 



Distance from tip of snout to anterior root of 



dorsal fin 505 



Height of longest dorsal fin-ray 16 - 4 



Distance from tip of snout to anterior root of 



pectoral tin 24*7 . 



Longest pectoral fin-ray 16 - 4 



Distance from tip of snout to vent 68 # 2 



Distance from tip of snout to anterior root of 



ventral fin 56'4 



Longest ventral fin-ray • • • 16'4-1G"2 



Distance from tip of snout to anterior root of 



anal fin 82'7 



Longest anal fin-ray 14T 



Length of caudal peduncle 129 



Longest caudal fin-ray 20'2 



Height of root of caudal fin 11*8 



Type-specimen. — Several specimens are contained in the 

 collection. The type and about six syntypes are forwarded 

 to the British Museum and a number of examples are pre- 

 sented to the Indian Museum. 



Locality. — Obtained from the Thunga River, Shimoga 

 Town (Mysore), S. India. A few examples of this species 

 and the foregoing -were taken by my colleague, Mr. A. 

 Subba Rao, from the same source. 



EXPLANATION OF THE PLATES. 

 Plate I. 

 Fig. 1. Garra jerdonia brevimentalia, var. n. f nat. size. 

 Figs. 1 a, 1 b. Ditto. X f . 

 Fig. 2. Garra platycephala, sp. n. \ nat. size. 

 Figs. 2 a, 2 b. Ditto. X f. 

 Fig. 3. Garra bicomuta, sp. n. \ nat. size. 

 Figs. 3 a, 3 b. Ditto. | nat. size. 



Platk II. 



Fig. 4. Botia striata, sp. n. x f. 



Figs. 4 a, 4 b. Ditto. X |. 



Fig. 5. Nemachilicltthys shimogensis, sp. n. X slightly more than f. 



Figs. 5a, 5b. Ditto, x slightly uiore than f. 



