382 SURGEON F. DAY ON THE FISHES OF ORISSA. [May 27, 
120. Cura BacatLa, H. Buch. 
Jellahri (Ooriah). 
Bodie, 1 0/d. Pe Tee Ve Set Ata ie AD ata ae 
Hab. Common in rivers and tanks, attaining 9 inches in length. 
Dr. Jerdon, in the Madras Journ. of Lit. & Sci. 1849, p. 327, ex- 
pressed his doubts whether a species of Chela which he obtained in 
the Canvery, and termed Pelecus flavipinnis, might not be identical 
with the Leuciscus novacula, Val. Having taken the former in the 
Canvery, I find the fins rays to be as follows :— 
Boa DI Size VPS ASS 0.19, Loe 
L. tr. 9/5. ; 
The Chela novacula is said to have the following :-— 
Boi =D.9. A. 17. (L160: Lettre 15/3. 
121. Nemacueiuus Botta, H. Buch. 
B. ii ‘D. 3/11... P. 13... V. 8. As3/5« G19.) L. h70=80-. 
L. tr. 14/15. 
The variety existing in Orissa is that without any projection below 
the skin in the preeorbital region (VV. belturio, H. Buch.), whilst in 
all the Assam specimens I have examined this prominence is more 
or less distinct (NV. botia, H. Buch.). 
Hab. Orissa, and in the Cossye river at Midnapore, where it 
attains 24 inches in length, 
122, NEMACHEILUS MUGAH, §p. n. 
Mugah (Bengali). 
B. iti, Di 2/7., P. Uy Vi8. A. ge C217. 
Length of head }, of pectoral 4, of base of dorsal 4, of base of 
anal J, of caudal + of the total length. Height of head 4, of body ~,, 
of dorsal fin ;2;, of ventral -2,, of anal 75 of the total length. 
Eyes. Small, diameter + of length of head, 2 diameters from 
end of snout, 14 diameter apart. 
Body fusiform, with compressed sides. The free portion of the 
base of the caudal as long as high. 
Snout pointed, overhanging the jaws. Nostrils much nearer to 
the orbit than to the end of the snout. No enlargement of the pree- 
orbital. The two pairs of rostral and the maxillary barbels all about 
as long as the eye. A rather deep central longitudinal groove ex- 
tends from opposite the posterior margin of the orbit to the end of 
the occiput. 
Fins. Dorsal arises midway between the snout and the base of 
the caudal fin, its upper margin is straight. Pectoral extends more 
than halfway to the base of the ventral, which latter is situated 
under the anterior third of the dorsal, whilst the fin reaches halfway 
to the base of the anal. The anal is situated in the posterior two- 
fifths of the total length. Caudal emarginate in its last fifth. 
Scales small but very distinct; twelve rows exist between the 
