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shorter. — Fins- — The dorsal as hig'h as the body, commencing slightly nearer to the 

 base of the caudal than to the end of the snout. The pectoral does not quite reach 

 the ventral ; the latter which arises beneath the second or third undivided dorsal 

 ray extends two-thirds of the distance to the anal. Length of base of anal about 

 three-sevenths (3/7ths) of its height, when laid flat the anal reaches the caudal 

 which is deeply forked. Free portion of the tail as high at its base as it is long. 

 Colour. — Silvery with numerous black spots most distinct in the upper half of 

 the body. 

 Habitat. — Leh or Ladak and headquarters of the Indus, also Kashmir and 



Afghanistan." 

 My sporting experience of the fish is limited. On a hot summer day I have 

 watched small ones of from 5" to 10" sailing round in a clear spring-fed 

 pool where their every movement could be watched and have played a 

 small hackle fly on the finest of tackle over them. Presently a fish detaches 

 itself from the shoal and comes up with a rush, a quick strike and it is either 

 jerked out of the water away from its companions or has missed the fly 

 altogether. In the former case a little play intervenes before the game begins 

 again, to be continued till 4 or 5 of the little fish have been taken out. If 

 the strike is not made at exactly the right moment, the fly is seized and 

 dropped with such wonderful rapidity that one would be inclined to believe 

 it had never been touched. The shoal does not appear to be in the least 

 alarmed by the loss of its members, and it is more the absence of more 

 flytakers than alarm that limits the catch. 



Some years ago great sport might sometimes be had from house-boats in 

 Srinagar on an autumn evening after sunset. I can well remember one or 

 more merry parties on board a house-boat festooned with ducks from the 

 great Holkarsar jheel. One or two rods were generally in keen hands and the 

 excitement when a reel spoke was intense. Before dinner time 3 to 6 good 

 fish were often got safely on board and the delight of a young girl of 13 or 

 14 when a grand " cheroo, " which had been fighting hard on her rod for «") 

 minutes, was netted turning the scale at 4f lbs. will not easily be forgotten. 



F. J. MITCHELL. 



Kashmir. 



No. XLIX.— NOTE ON DISTRIBUTION OF LETHE EANSA, 

 (MOORE) AND DOPHLA PAT ALA, KOLLAR. 



Lethe kansa.— Mr. de Rhe Philipe's note on this species at p. 755, Vol. 

 XX of the Journal, is not quite accurate. 



I had already recorded it as " common in Cheena, Naini Tal, at 8,000 

 feet and less, so at Nalena, 4,500 feet in April and May, " Vol. XX, p, 134. 



Its range in Sikkim too is given in Moore's Lep. Indica, Vol. I, p. 241, 

 on the authority of Elwes as "up to 9,000 feet ." 



