150 LTEUT. R. BEAVAN ON RARE CYPRINOIDS. [Feb. 6, 



Casuarius bennetti, Schlegel, Ned. Tijdsclir. iv. p. 54. 

 " Casuarius papuensis, Rosenb. MS. ;" Schlegel, /. s. c. 

 Hab. Papua. 



In conclusion, I take this opportunity of giving a revised list of 

 the six species of Casuarius now known to us, with their localities. 

 They may be divided into three sections, as follows : — 



a. Casside lateraliter compressa : appendicula cervicis duplici, 



1. C. galeatus, ex Ceram. 



2. C. bicarunculatus, ex ins. Aroensibus*. 



3. C. australis, ex Australia Bor. Or. 



b. Casside transversim expansa : appendicula cervicis nnicn. 



4. C. uniappendiculatus, ex Papua. 



c. Casside transversim expansa : appendicula cervicis nulla . 



5. C. kaupi, ex Papua. 



6. C. bennetti, ex Nov. Britann. et inss. Salomonisf. 



7. Descriptions of two imperfectly known Species of Cypri- 

 noid Fishes from the Punjab, India. By Lieut. Regi- 

 nald Beavan, F.R.G.S., Revenue Survey Department 

 of India. 



[Eeceived January 26, 1872.] 



1. Labeo diplostomus, Heckel. (Fig. 1.) 



D. 3 + 10. A. 2 -I- 5. L. 1. 43. L. transv. 10/12. 



Mouth rather narrow. Lips with an inner fold in their entire 

 circumference ; lower lip fringed. Snout produced, convex, without 

 lateral lobes. Two barbels only, very small, hidden in a lateral 

 groove. Eye situated in advance of middle of head. Tbere are six 

 longitudinal series of scales between the lateral line and the ventral 

 fin. Scales angular, becoming minute on the breast and throat. 

 Dorsal fin concave, anterior rays being the longest. Caudal fin 

 deeply forked, the small outer rays considerably overlapping the tail 

 above and below. Depth of body rather more than one fourth of 

 its length. Length of head one fifth of total length (without cau- 

 dal). Coloration uniform. 



Found at Rawul Pindee, Punjab. Length G| inches. 



* Cf. Schlegel, 'Nederl. Tijdschr.' iii. p. 347. 



t The existence of a species of Casuarius in the Solomon Islands was first 

 recorded by Capt. Hutton (Ibis, 1869, p. 352). On the 8th of October, 1809, 

 this Society purchased of Messrs. Owen and Graham one of the birds spoken of 

 by Capt. Hutton as formerly in the Gardens of the Auckland Acclimatization 

 Society. It was Casuarius bennetti; it died September 8th, 1871. 



