526 SURGEON F. DAY ON INDIAN FISHES. [Nov. 1], 
form of one central lobe with a smaller one on either side and a short 
cirrus between. 
Fins as in the other species. 
Two specimens 4 inches long. Old Collection. 
ExosToMA BERDMORE|, Blyth. 
Blyth, Journal A. S. of Beng. 1860, p. 155. 
The typical specimen is 4 inches in length, but in a very bad state. 
Its snout is more pointed than in the other species. 
Det Ol sb /20,7 AeG. 
One specimen from the Tenasserim Provinces, presented by Major 
Berdmore. 
In the genus Hemirhamphus the following species exist in the 
Museum :—Hemirhamphus buffonis, C. & V., twelve specimens from 
the Calcutta bazar, labelled H. striga, Blyth ; Hemirhamphus ectun- 
tio, Ham. Buch., many specimens, to 7 inches in length, labelled 
H. brachynotopterus, Blyth ; Hemirhamphus commersonii, C. & V., 
one specimen 11 inches in length, from the Calcutta bazar, and 
labelled H. notatus, Blyth. 
HemirHAMPHUS PLUMATUS, Blyth. 
J. A. S. of Bengal, xxvii. p. 288. 
D: 2/185 Paling Vs Fey Ae 2/LE.. O,glGss LL 66. 
In both specimens the extremity of the mandible is broken. 
Length of head, in the best specimen (with the lower jaw), 2 of 
the total length. Upper jaw 4 longer than wide. Pectoral short. 
Eyes rather nearer to the posterior extremity of the head than 
to the anterior extremity of the upper jaw, 1} diameter apart. 
Upper surface of head flat. 
Teeth in numerous villiform rows in the upper jaw, less numerous 
in the lower. 
Fins. Ventral arises in the posterior 4 of the length from the 
snout to the base of the caudal fin; it reaches to under the base of 
the dorsal, which last is in advance of the anal. Caudal forked, 
lower lobe the longest. Upper margin of dorsal fin concave. 
Lateral line in lower fifth of the body. 
Colours. Bleached, silvery stripe visible. 
Two specimens, 8 inches long, from Ceylon. 
HEMIRHAMPHUS NEGLECTUS, sp. 0. 
Hi. ectuntio, Blyth (not Ham. Buch.). 
D. 1459. OF -V. 65 Ae ©. 15. L. 148, 
* 10" 
Length of head about 4 of the entire length, of the lower jaw 
(anterior to the upper) + of the total length. 
Eyes 23 diameters from end of snout, 17 diameter apart, 2 
diameters from the posterior extremity of the opercle. 
Upper surface of head nearly flat, and covered with pores. Upper 
jaw twice as long as broad at its base. 
