obtusely pointed, J / 3 the length of head, projecting beyond 

 the mouth; nasal barbel a little nearer to eye than to tip of 

 snout, when laid back not quite reaching the eye ; maxillary 

 barbel extending to below the eye ; occipital process three 

 times as long as broad, separated by an interspace a little 

 less than its own length from the basal shield of the dorsal 

 spine; clavicular process extending to the middle of the pec- 

 toral spine. Vomerine teeth in a curved uninterrupted band, 

 with a pointed median posterior projection, extending back 

 nearly as far as the lateral horns. Dorsal I. 7 ; spine very 

 feebly serrated behind, nearly 1 J 2 the length of head. Adipose 

 fin i 2 / 3 as long as the base of the dorsal and equal to its 

 distance from the latter. Anal 14. Pectoral spine a little more 

 than ! / 2 the length of head; inner edge strongly serrated. 

 Ventrals not quite reaching the origin of anal. Caudal forked. 

 Caudal peduncle 2 j / 4 as long as deep. Brownish, with two 

 oblong pale areas, which may be confluent, on each side of 

 the posterior part of the body above the lateral line; similar 

 pale areas below the lateral line, confluent and meeting in 

 the mid-ventral line ; fins with blackish basal and intramarginal 

 bands. Length of single specimen 190 mm. [After Regan, not 

 seen by us]. 



Habitat: Borneo. 



ii. Leiocassis breviceps Reg. 



Liocassis breviceps C. Tate Regan. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (8) XI. 1913, p. 551. 



Depth of body4 2 / 3 5Y 3 in the length, length of head 4 2 / 5 4 4 / 5 . 

 Head nearly as broad as long. Diameter of eye 4 J / 2 5 in the 

 length of head. Snout broad, obtuse, ] /3 tne length of head, 

 scarcely projecting beyond the mouth; nasal barbel a little 

 nearer to eye than to tip of snout, when laid back extending to 

 the operculum; maxillary barbel extending to the middle of 

 pectoral; upper surface of head, behind the orbits, naked, 

 rugose; this bony area with straight transverse anterior edge; 

 occipital process as long as broad, meeting the basal shield 

 of the dorsal spine; supraclavicular plate small, not produced 

 backwards. Teeth on the palate in a curved uninterrupted 

 band, without posterior median process. Dorsal I. 6; spine 

 weakly serrated behind, 2 / 3 or 3 / 4 the length of head. Adipose 

 fin longer than the base of dorsal but shorter than its distance 



