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89. Misgui'mts mizolcpis, sp. n. D. 7 or 8. A. 8, 9. V. G or 7. 



This si^ecics has larp^er scales than any other of the .i^enus known to 

 mc ; they are arranp^ed in thirteen lonf,ntudinaI rows between tlie dorsal 

 fin and the hxteral Hne, and in ten between the lateral line and the ventral 

 fin. Barbels ten, four belonginj^ to the mandible ; the inner paii- of the 

 mandibulary barbels are about half the lenf,i;h of the outer ones. Head 

 and body compressed. The height of the body is nearly equal to the 

 length of the head, which is contained six-and-a-half times in the total 

 length (without caudal). Snout at least twice as long as the diameter of 

 the eye, which is one-sixth of the length of the head. Origin of the dorsal 

 fin nearer to the root of the caudal than to the occiput, conspicuously in 

 advance of the root of the ventral fin. Pectoral fin a little shorter than 

 the head ; caiulal fin rounded, continued by a series of rudimentary rays 

 to the anal fin, and a similar distance forward on the dorsal edge of the 

 tail ; the rudimentary rays under the free portion of the tail are particularly 

 deep. Greyish green, with a greyish line along each sei'ies of scales ; 

 lower parts whitish, finely mottled with brown. 



Three specimens, of which the largest is 6i inches long, from Kiu- 

 kiang. 



40. Nemachilus xanthi, sp. n. D. 12. A. 7. V. 8. 



Scales minute but conspicuous. Caudal fin deeply emarginate ; the 

 origin of the dorsal fin is midway between the end of the snout and the 

 root of the caudal. The height of the body is considerably less than the 

 length of the head which is one-fourth of the total (without caudal). 

 Snout of moderate length, pointed, as long as the postorbital portion of 

 the head ; eye of moderate size. A skinny adipose lobe occujsies the place 

 of the enlarged axillary scales of the pectoral and ventral fins. Back 

 crossed by fourteen narrow brownish bands ; a small black spot at the 

 end of the lateral line ; each caudal lobe with four obUque blackish bands 

 each dorsal ray with one or two blackish specks. 



One sjiecimen, 4^ inches long, from Ichang. 



41. Nemachilus stoliczkce (Day). Kia-tiang-fu. 



42. Botia vcmegata, sp. n. D. 11. A. 8. V. 9. 



Barbels six. The height of the body is one-fifth of the total length 

 (without caudal), the length of the head two-sevenths ; snout elongate, 

 but the small eye is much nearer to the end of the snout than to that of 

 the operculum. The suborbital spme extends to below the hind margin 

 of the orbit. Interorbital space narrow, transversely convex, twice as 

 wide as the orbit. Origin of the dorsal fin midway between the root of 

 the caudal and the orbit. Caudal fin deeply forked. Body covered with 

 minute but regularly arranged scales. Ground colour yellowish, the body 



