348 MR. F. DAY ON NEW INDIAN FISHES. [Mar. 28, 



Dorsal profile more convex than that of the abdomen, which latter 

 is nearly horizontal. Body laterally compressed posterior to the 

 dorsal fin. Back moderately broad, and in the mesial line near the 

 caudal fin slightly elevated. 



Mouth almost belovr, surrounded by fleshy lips. Two pairs of 

 cirri on the snout, the external reaching the posterior, and the in- 

 ternal the anterior margins of the orbit ; they are not united at their 

 bases. The maxillary cirri extend to beneath the anterior margin of 

 the orbit. There is no spine on the head. Nostrils generic. 



Fins. Dorsal arises slightly in advance of the ventral, and its base 

 is situated midway between the snout and the posterior extremity of 

 the caudal fin ; whilst the anal is in the posterior fourth of the body. 

 The caudal, which has a broad base, is slightly lobed at its posterior 

 extremity. 



Scales well developed over the whole of the body, not on the head. 



Lateral line passes direct from the centre of the orbit to the middle 

 of the caudal fin. 



Colours. Reddish brown, with very narrow light-reddish vertical 

 bands, most distinct in the posterior part of the body, where there 

 are sixteen posterior to the commencement of the dorsal fin, and 

 several more between that and the head, which last is marked all 

 over with black lines and spots on a light reddish base. A very 

 black bar exists at the base of the caudal fin. Dorsal fin with a light 

 margin, bounded below by a jet-black band, and having a dark base, 

 between which two marks it is brilliant orange. Anal orange, with 

 some dull black spots. Caudal yellow, with some dull marks. 



Grows to 2| inches in length. 



Hab. Wynaad, at 3000 feet elevation. 



HOMALOPTERA BRUCEI. 



BaHtora brucei, Gray, 111. I. Z. pi. 41. f. 1 ; Cuv. et Val. xviii. 

 p. 101. 



Plutycara brucei, M'^Clelland, J. A. S. xix. pp. 299, 428. 



Flatycara australis, Jerdon, Mad. J. L. & S. no. 35, p. 333. 



Cul candee (Tam.). The Stone Carp. 



B. iii. D. 3/8. P. 19. V. 9. A. 2/4. C. 17. L. 1. 70. 



Length of head ^, of pectoral ^, of base of dorsal |, of base of 

 anal ^, of caudal ^ of the total length. Height of head Jj, of body \, 

 of dorsal \, of ventral ^ of the total length. 



Eyes directed upwards and outwards. Diameter ^ of length of 

 head, 2 diameters apart, nearly 3 diameters from end of snout. 



Head posteriorly wide, and becoming rather pointed towards the 

 snout ; anteriorly it is so much depressed that the dorsal profile is 

 slightly convex, whilst that of the abdomen is horizontal. 



Mouth small, transverse, and on the abdominal aspect of the fish, 

 posterior to the snout ; cleft very short, the upper jaw in advance 

 of the lower. Lips fleshy. Two pairs of short cirri are situated on 

 the anterior inferior aspect of the snout, their length being equal to 

 two-thirds of the diameter of tlie orbit. There is also a pair of cirri 



