552 SURGEON F. DAY ON INDIAN FISHES. [ Nov. 25, 
Eyes small, behind the middle of the length of the head, about 4 
diameters from end of snout, and 3 diameters apart. 
Body subcylindrical; snout pointed. Barbels very short, the 
maxillary pair the longest. Mouth small. Lips thick, the upper 
one fimbriated. Nostrils nearer to the eyes than to the snout. 
Scales conspicuous, with a raised keel alung their centre. Their 
form, posteriorly, angular. 
Lateral line distinct. 
“ins. Dorsal arises slightly in advance of the ventral, and midway 
between the snout and the base of the caudal fin; its upper margin 
is straight. Pectoral reaches two-thirds of the distance to the ven- 
tral, and the latter more than halfway to the anal. Caudal deeply 
emarginate ; lobes pointed. 
Colours. Brownish, with a wide serpentine band of a dark chest- 
' nut-colour running from the snout, through the orbit, to the base 
of the dorsal fin, which last has a black centre. Caudal deep 
brown, with white margins. A black bar across the base of the 
ventral. 
Three specimens, 23 inches long, are in the museum. 
NEMACHEILUS BLYTAHII, Sp. Ul. 
Brae B27. 2 Ve. we. 28. Cn eae 
Length of head 4, of pectoral 4, of caudal + of the total length. 
ee of head 4, breadth of head ;2,, height of body #2, of the total 
ength. 
Eyes. Diameter 2 of length of head, 1? diameter apart, 1 diameter 
from end of snout. 
Body subcylindrical. 
The three pairs of barbels all longer than the diameter of the orbit. 
Fins. Dorsal arises midway between the snout and the base of the 
caudal fin, and opposite to the ventral. Caudal deeply forked, its 
lobes sharp. 
Scales minute. 
Colours. Rather bleached; brownish, darkest above, with a dark 
band at the base of the caudal fin. 
Two specimens, 3 inches long, exist in the collection. 
NEMACHEILUS CINCTICAUDA. 
Cobitis cincticauda, Blyth, J. A. 8. of B. 1860, p. 172. 
Bois Dig Pell. V8. wk. 2/5... Cxrg, 
Length of head 4, of pectoral fin +, of caudal -2; of the total 
length. Height of head +, of body + of the total length. 
Lyes. Small, situated in the middle of the length of the head, 
nearly 3 diameters from the end of the snout, 13 diameter apart. 
Rostral and maxillary barbels well developed, being nearly as 
long as the orbit. Free portion of tail longer than high. No pro- 
jection on the preeorbital. ; 
Fins. Dorsal commences opposite to the ventral, and midway 
between the posterior margin of the orbit and the base of the caudal 
