920 ME. G. A. BOULENGEB ON SOME [DeC. 1, 



Scales slightly rugose, not denticulate, 34 1; lat. 1. ^. Bod}' with 

 traces of six black cross-bars. 



Total length 200 millim. 



A single specimen. 



Bamlius gubntheiu, up. n. (Plate XLVII.) 



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

 Snout If to 2 times as long as the diameter of the eye, which is 

 5 to 6 times in length of head, and 2 to 2g in interorbital width ; 

 prsBorbital not much smaller than the eye; pra3maxillary extending 

 to below centre of eye. Gill-rakers very short, rudimentary, 8 or 9 

 on lower part of anterior arch. Dorsal I 10, not quite twice as 

 distant from the end of the snout as from the base of the caudal 

 fin. Anal II 18, originating below middle of dorsal, much deeper 

 than the latter, the longest rays only a little shorter than the 

 head. Caudal deeply forked. Scales 48-50 j. Silvery, with 

 about 15 dark vertical bars ; the membrane between the extremity 

 of the last dorsal rays black. 



Total length 260 milUm. 



Three specimens. 



This fish, which equals in size .the largest Indian species, 

 Barilius goJia, is closely allied to the West-African Banlms 

 recently referred by GUnther to the Leuciscus hilie of De Joannis. 



3. On the Lizards of the Genus Eremias, Section Boulengeria. 

 By G. A. BouLENGEii, F.R.S. 



[Received October 9, 1896.] 



Since the publication of I\ Lataste's paper in the ' Annali ' of 

 the Genoa Museum, in 1885 — in which he did me the honour of 

 connecting my name with a division of the large genus Eremias, 

 characterized by a divided lower nasal shield, ventral shields in 

 straight series, and strongly compressed toes — our acquaintance 

 with these Lizards has made very great progress. 



The unmerous collections made within the last few years by 

 Edvoil, llagazzi, Eobecchi, Ruspoli, Bottego, Donaldson Smith, 

 and Lort Phillips in Abyssinia, Somaliland, and G.iUaland, the head- 

 quarters of the group, have added gi'eatly to our knowledge of them, 

 not only in showing the doubtful species and variety previously 

 described, and which I had placed in the synonymy of Eremias 

 brenneri, Peters, to be entitled to specific rank, but in bringing to 

 light two more species, thus raising their number to five. Having 

 lately received, through the kindness of the Marquis Doria and 

 Dr. Gestro, large numbers of these Lizards, I have availed myself 

 of the opportunity to recast detailed descriptions of all the species. 

 The whole of the material 1 have worked from is either in the British 

 Museum (specimens marked *) or in the Museo Civico of Genoa. 



