4 SECOND YAEKAND MISSION. 



halfway to the base of the caudal, which latter fin is forked. Scales : the row which bears 

 the lateral line consists of larger scales than those above or below it ; those forming the anal 

 sheath are equal to half a diameter of the eye. Colours greyish along the back, becom- 

 ing yellowish- white on the sides and beneath ; a black mark over the eye, and a few dull spots 

 on the back. 



Hab. Kashghar, Yangihissar, and Yarkand, up to 20 inches in length : also Afghanistan. 



Dr. Scully collected four specimens in Kashghar (4,043 feet above the sea), which are 

 13, 16, 17, and 18 inches respectively in length. 



4. SCHIZOTHOBAX PUNCTATTJS. Plate I, fig. 3. 



Day, Proc. Zool. Soc., 1876, p. 785. 

 B. iii., D. |, P. 20, V. 11, A. f , C. 20. 



Length of head 3| to 4, caudal 5, height of body 6 to 7 in the total length. Eyes : 

 diameter 6f in the length of head, 2- diameters from end of snout, and 2 apart. Inter- 

 orbital space flat. The greatest width of the head exceeds its height by one-fourth, and is 

 of its length. Mouth anterior, with the upper jaw somewhat the longer ; the cleft com- 

 mencing opposite the middle of the eyes, whilst the maxilla reaches to below the front edge 

 of the orbit. Lower labial fold interrupted in the middle. A thin striated horny covering 

 to the lower jaw. Barbels : the maxillary ones equal the diameter of the eye ; the rostral 

 ones are slightly longer. Fins : dorsal rather higher than the body ; it commences midway 

 between the front edge of the eye and the base of the caudal fin ; its last undivided ray is 

 strong, coarsely serrated posteriorly, and as long as the postorbital portion of the head. 

 Pectoral does not quite reach the ventral, which latter arises on a vertical line below 

 the first articulated dorsal ray, and extends two-thirds of the distance to the anal. Anal 

 rather above twice as deep as its base is long ; when laid flat it does not extend to the 

 commencement of the caudal. Free portion of the tail one-half longer than deep at its 

 highest part. Scales : those along the lateral line larger than those above or below it. 

 The tiled row along the base of the anal fin small, and equalling one-third of the diameter 

 of the orbit. Colours : silvery, covered with largish black spots. 



Bacoma noUlis, M'Clelland, has more fleshy lips, whilst the mouth appears more trans- 

 verse, as in Or emus, and the under jaw much the shorter. 



Sab. Kashmir Lake. 



5. SCHIZOTHORAX ESOCiNUS. Plate I, fig. 4. 



SchizotJwrax esocinus, Heckel, Fische Kasch, p. 48, t. ix. ; M'Clelland, Cal. Journ. Nat. His., ii., 

 p. 579 ; Gunther, Cat. vii., p. 166. Day, Proc. Zool. Soc., 1876, p. 785. 



B. iii., D. |, P. 20, V. 10, A. 7, C. 20. 



Length of head 4^ to 4|, of caudal 5|- ; height of body 7| in the total length. Eyes : 

 diameter 6^ in the length of head, 2 diameters from end of snout and also apart. Inter- 

 orbital space flat. The greatest width of the head equals its height or its postorbital length. 

 Mouth very slightly oblique, horse-shoeshaped, the upper jaw longer than the lower, the 

 maxilla reaching to neraly below the front edge of the eye. Lower labial fold interrupted 



