1867.] MR. F. DAY ON NEW INDIAN FISHES. 347 



sine ungue 1-0, liallucis sine ungue 0'48, maxillae a fronte 0*95, 

 ejusdem a rictu 0'9o, mandibulse 1*37 poll. Angl. 



Foemina mari siimlis sed minor. 



Ilab. in insula Sechellarum " Praslin " dicta. 



Mus. A. et E. Newton (exempla iii.). Vivar. Soc. Zoolog. Lon- 

 dinensis, ex dono S. Ward. 



Obs. In honorem Henrici Barkly, ordinis honorabilissinii 

 Balnei equitis aurati, insnlse Mauritianse et terrarum dependentium 

 proconsulis, scientiarum amici, nominata. 



5. On some Fishes from tlie Wynaad. 

 By Surgeon Francis Day, F.Z.S., F.L.S. 



Whilst collecting the fishes which reside on and around the Neil- 

 gherries in 1866, I solicited from residents in neighbouring parts 

 contributions from the piscifauna of their localities. John Burnett, 

 Esq., of Cholad}', Vithery, in the Wynaad, near Cahcut, was good 

 enough to favour me with eight species, of which I propose giving 

 short descriptions. His coffee-estate is situated in the Wynaad range* 

 of hills, about 3000 feet above the level of the sea ; and the water 

 from which these species were obtained is a small rivulet about 200 

 yards from his bungalow. 



The following is a list of the specimens received, with the Tamil 

 names as applied in that locality : — Ophiocephalus gachua, Buch. 

 Ham. ; Hara malabarica, Day (Cutti meen, Tam.) ; Saccobranchus 

 singio, Buch, Ham. ; a small Loach (Cul irum, Tam.) ; Homalo- 

 ptera brucei, Gray (^Cul candee, Tam.); a Garra {Cul korava, Tam,) ; 

 and three others of the Carp family, which I have previously de- 

 scribed as new : — Puntius melanampyx, Paradanio aurolineatus, and 

 Rasboi'a woolaree. 



I think that the capture of the Homaloptera brucei in this part of 

 India is exceedingly interesting, when coupled with the fact that I 

 took the Garra gotyla in an adjacent locality, as described in my 

 _ " Fishes of the Neilgherries." It makes it exceedingly probable that 

 General Hardwicke's drawings of these species came originally from 

 Buchanan Hamilton's collection, and that the latter obtained his 

 specimens when travelling through this portion of the Madras Pre- 

 sidency, as described in his 'Journey through Mysore.' Another 

 reason for believing this solution to be correct is, that these species 

 of fish do not appear to have been obtained since then in Bengal. 



Nemacheilus strtatus, sp. nov. 

 Cul irum (Tam.), 



B, iii. D, 2/8, P. II. V. 8. A. 2/.>. C. 17. 

 Length of head \, of pectoral 4-, of caudal 4- of the total length. 

 Height of head -^j, of body Jj- of the total length. 



Eyes not covered by skin. Diamfter nearly 4 of length of head. 



