1899.] BATEACHIANS, AKD FISHES FEOM HAINAlf. 961 



between the opercular spines ; some light dots on the soft dorsal 

 and anal and on the membrane between the ventral rays. 



Total length 155 milUm. 



A single specimen. 



2. DiscoGKATHus iMBEEBis Vincig. 



A species described from the Karen Hills, Burma. 



3. GxMNOSTOMUS LEPruEus, sp. n. (Plate LXIX. fig. 1.) 



Depth of body 4 times in total length, length of head 5 times. 

 Head 1| as long as broad ; snout broad, rounded ; width of mouth 

 nearly half length of head ; lower jaw with a sharp, horny edge ; 

 diameter of eye equal to length of snout, 3| times in length of head' 

 14 in interorbital width. Dorsal III 8, midway between end of 

 snout and base of caudal ; first branched ray longest, a little shorter 

 than the head, last ray longer than those preceding it, f length of 

 head. Pectoral as long as head. Yentrals below middle of dorsal. 

 Anal III 6, as deep as dorsal. Caudal deeply bifurcate, 1 ^ length 

 of head. Caudal peduncle thrice as long as deep. Sq. 49 -! ; 4 

 scales between the lateral line and the ventral. Olive above, silvery 

 beneath ; an ill-defined dark lateral streak. 



Total lengtli 165 millim. 



A single specimen. 



4. Barilius hain-ajo:nsis, sp. n. (Plate LXIX. fig. 2.) 



Depth of body equal to length of head, 4| times in total length. 

 Head twice as long as broad ,: snout pointed, not projecting beyond 

 the mouth, as long as diameter of eye, which is 3i times in length 

 of head and equals interorbital width ; mouth extending hardly to 

 below anterior border of eye; suborbitals entirely covering the 

 cheek. Dorsal II 7, originating just behind ventral and situated 

 at equal distance from the eye and the root of the caudal ; first 

 branched ray | length of head. Pectoral a little shorter than 

 head, not reaching ventral. Anal II 14. Caudal deeply 

 bifurcate, as long as head. Caudal peduncle nearly thrice as long 

 as deep. Sq. 46 g. Silvery, darker on the back; scales above the 

 lateral line black at the base. 



Total length 130 millim. 



A single specimen. 



5. Opsaeiichthys platypus Schleg. 



A species known from Japan and Formosa. 



EXPLANATION OF THE PLATES. 



Plate LXVI. 



Fig. 1. Draco uhiteheadi, p. 956, with side-view of head. 

 2. Acanthosaura hainanends, p. 957. 



