780 ME. C. TATE RKGAX ON ASIATIC [XoA\ 0, 



Dorsal 9-10; origin equidistant from head and base of caudal. 

 Anal II 26. 30 to 32 scales in a longitudinal series. Olivaceous, 

 with darker cross-bands ; each scale on the side with a silvery 

 dot ; a blackish longitudinal stripe on the head, passing through 

 the eye ; fins, except the pectoral, pale reddish ; margin of dorsal 

 and anal, and pelvic filament greenish or golden. 



Hah. Pinang. 



Three specimens, including two skins, types of the species, 

 75 to 90 mm. in total length, from Dr. Cantor's collection. 



6. Betta anabatoides. (Plate LXXYIII. fig. 4.) 



BpAta anabatoides Bleek. Nat. Tijdschr. Ned. Ind. i. 1850, 

 p. 269. 



Depth of body 3 to 3| in the length, length of head 3| to 3j. 

 Snout as long as or shorter than eye, the diameter of which is 

 3| to 4| in the length of head ; interorbital width 21- to 24- in 

 the length of head. Maxillary extending to below posterior 

 nostril or anterior edge of eye. Dorsal 8-10 ; origin a little 

 nearer to caudal fin than to head (in the adult). Anal II 25-29. 

 31 to 33 scales in a longitudinal series. Brownish ; usually a, 

 dark stripe on the head passing through the eye, sometimes 

 continued on the body and with another above it ; fins dusky, 

 the dorsal and caudal usually with series of dark spots. 



Hah. Borneo. 



Twenty specimens from Sarawak {Gutter., Doria, Hose, Everett), 

 55 to 120 mm. in total length, seem to belong to the species 

 described by Bleeker from Bandjermassing, S.E. Borneo. 



7. Betta fusca, sp. n. (Plate LXXYIII. fig. 2.) 



Depth of body 3| to 3| in the length, length of head 3g. 

 Snout shorter than eye, the diameter of which is 3;[ to 3^ in 

 the length of head ; interorbital width 2| to 2| in the length of 

 head. Maxillary neai-ly or quite extending to below the posterior 

 nostril. Dorsal 9. Anal II 21-24. 31 or 32 scales in a longi- 

 tudinal series. A dark longitudinal band through the eye ; 

 scales with dark edges ; fins dusky. 



Hah. Sumatra. 



Two specimens, 82 mm. in total length, collected by Mr. W. 

 Morton. 



8. Betta bleekeei, sp. n. 



Betta picta (non Val.) Bleek. Atlas Ichth. ix. pi. cccxcv. fig. 3 

 (1877), and Verb. Ak. Amst. xix. 1879, p. 26. 



Maxillary extending well beyond the vertical from anterior 

 edge of eye. Dorsal I 9. Anal 11 27. 34 scales in a longitudinal 

 series. Olivaceous ; dorsal with longitudinal stripes. 



Bleeker's description is evidently chiefly based on specimens of 

 the species figured in the Atlas. 



