310 DR. W. BAIRD ON NEW ANNELIDES. [May 13, 
7d. Hemirampuus EctuntTio, H. Buch. 
Gungituri (Ooriah). , 
Do Pal. ¥. 6. Ava. Os d9. bd Dee Ln are A]: 
Length of head 3, of pectoral 5, of base of dorsal 3, of base of 
anal j;, of caudal + of the total length. Height of head +4, of body 
zy» of dorsal +4, of ventral 345, of anal zs of the total length. 
Eyes. From 14 to 2 diameters from the posterior extremity of the 
opercle, and 1 diameter apart. 
Przeorbital one-third longer than high. Upper jaw nearly trian- 
gular, its base slightly longer than its length; it is keeled along its 
central line. 
Teeth in both jaws, also on palatines. 
Fins. Dorsal commences somewhat in advance of the anal; the 
ventral nearly midway between the posterior margin of the orbit and 
the base of the caudal fin, which last is lobed, the lower being the 
longest. 
Scales scareely deciduous, covering the body, and existing between 
the orbits and over the preorbital; none on the bases of the fins. 
Lateral line runs the lower fourth of the abdomen. 
Colours. Greenish above, silvery below. A burnished silvery line 
extends from above the orbit to the centre of the caudal fin; it is 
widest over the anal, where it has a dark edge along its upper margin. 
Dorsal and caudal stained at their edges. 
This fish is very numerous in the rivers of Orissa ; it has, how- 
ever, been placed amongst the ‘doubtful species” in the Catalogue 
of the British Museum. 
76. HapLocHeiLus PANCHAX, H. Buch. 
Kanakuri (Ooriah). 
Hab. Tanks and rivers throughout Orissa. 
77. HapLocHEILUS MELASTIGMA, M‘Clelland. 
Panchaz cyanophthalmus, Blyth. 
Be? PT. Pye ACP 1S) ay 1 Boe te 1s 
Hab. This species is not uncommon in tanks in Orissa. 
4. Descriptions of some new Suctorial Annelides in the Col- 
lection of the British Museum. By W. Barrp, M.D., 
F.R.S., &e. 
Genus BraNCHELLION, Savigny. 
1. BRANCHELLION INTYBIFOLIUM, Baird. 
Body elongate, very concave ventrally, convex dorsally, consisting 
of about 48 segments, which are transversely striated on the back. 
Neck distinct from the body, consisting of 10 or 12 short, narrow 
segments. Oral sucker small. Ventral sucker large, circularly 
