Chapt. zi. Frogs Rising to Flies. 143 



as in rivers, I Bhould not omit to mention an absurd little 

 adventure. As we rode into camp we found the tents pitched 

 close to a large pond, ami the pond covered with i-ircles. "Just 

 " look there," I cried, before I was well out of the saddle, "we will 



"have a dish tor breakfast," and the trout line was very soon put 

 together, and two expectant friends watched the line fly deftly 

 out, and light with fairy grace among the circles, and lo and 

 behold they were only frogs that were rising so freely at the small 

 Hies on the surface! Dear reader, don't t*ll any one. 



The Chela is scarcely worthy of my devoting to it the number 

 of pages that would be required if, as in other cases, the full 

 description was extracted from Dr. Day's work. The general 

 characteristics of the genus may suffice, with an epitome for each 

 species. 



Body rather elongate and compressed ; abdominal edge cutting. 

 Pseudo-branchifB present. Mouth directed somewhat upwards with 

 the lower jaw prominent, and generally with a knob above the sym- 

 phasis. Barbels absent. Pharyngeal teeth hooked and slender, in 

 t wo or three rows. Dorsal fin short, without any osseous ray, situated 

 principally or entirely opposite the anal, which latter has an elongated 

 base. Pectorals long. Caudal forked. Scales of moderate or small 

 size. Lateral line concave. 



Order. Puysostomi. 



Family. Cyi'KI.nidj:. 



Sub-Family. Cyiiuxina. 



i h nus. Chela. 



1. Chela gora. B iii., D 9-10 Of*), P. 15, V. 8, A. 15-16 

 (xTf-Vf ) 0. 19, L.l. 140-160. L. tr. 18-20/18. Vert. 46. Qhora chela, 

 Beng. Chd-hul, Hind. Habitat: Sind, Punjab, North West Provinces, 

 Bengal, Orissa, and Assam. It attains at least 9 inches in length. 



2. C. Stadoni. B. iii, D. 10 (»), P. 11, V. 8, A. 20-21 (t^) 

 C 21. L.l. 65-68, L. tr. 10/8. Habitat: Irawaddy, in Burma, 

 extending northwards as far as Mandalay. 



3. C.sardhiella. B. iii, D. 9 (?■), P. 13, V. 8, A. 21 (J- ), L.l. 

 48, L. tr. 7-^/4. Habitat : Irawaddy river at Rangoon. Also the 

 Salwein at -Mnulmein. It attains to at least 6 inches in length. 



4. 0. untrahi. B. iii, D. 9 (?), P. 13, V. 7, A. 17-19 (^rfr), 

 C. 17, L.l. 55-65. L. tr. 7-9/5. Untrahi, Ooriah. Habitat: Mahannddi 

 river in Orissa. Also the Cauvery and Coleroon in Southern India. 

 It attains at least 8 inches in length. 



