1909.] FISHES OF THE FAMILY ANABANTIDJi;. 781 



9. Betta TRIFASCIATA. 



? Panchax pictum Ouv. & Yal. Hist. Nat, Poiss. xviii. p. 385 

 (1846). 



Betta trifasciata Bleek. Verhandl. Batav. Genootsch. xxiii. 

 1850, no. 8, p. 12 ; Giinth. Cat. Fish. iii. p. 388 (1861). 



Snout short ; mouth small ; diameter of eye 4 in head. Dorsal 

 I 7. Anal I 20. 26 scales in a longitudinal series. Three black 

 stripes from operculum to caudal fin. 



Hah. Ambarawa, Central Java, 1500 ft. 



Total length, 42 mm. 



10. Betta macrophthalma, sp. n. (Plate LXXYII. fig. 2.) 



Depth of body 3^ in the length, length of head 3. Snout 

 shorter than eye, the diameter of which is 3 in the length of 

 head and nearly equal to the interorbital width. Maxillary 

 extending to below posterior nostril. Dorsal I 8. Anal I 23. 

 28 scales in a longitudinal series. Traces of dark longitudinal 

 stripes on the body. 



Hah. Singapore. 



A single specimen, 50 mm. in total length, from Prof. Peters's 

 collection. 



11. Betta t^niata, sp. n. (Plate LXXYIII. fig. 1.) 



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

 shorter than eye, the diameter of which is 3.| to 3| in the length 

 of head; interorbital width 3 to 3| in the length of head. 

 Maxillary extending to below posterior nostril. Dorsal I 8. 

 Anal II 20-22. 28 or 29 scales in a longitudinal series. Brownish ; 

 2 or 3 blackish longitudinal bands on the side ; fins dusky. 



Hah. River Senah, Sarawak. 



Four specimens, 50 to 60 mm. in total length, collected by 

 Mr. A. Everett. 



12. Betta rubra. (Plate LXXVII. fig. 1.) 



Betta ruhra Perugia, Ann. Mus. Genova (2) xiii. 1893, p. 242. 



Depth of body 3| in the length, length of head 3^. Snout 

 shorter than eye, the diameter of which is 3| in the length of 

 head ; interorbital width 3^- in the length of head. Maxillary 

 extending to below the posterior nostril. Dorsal I 7. Aual 

 III 21. 30 scales in a longitudinal series. Upper half of the 

 body dark brownish ; five or six dark vertical bars of the same 

 colour descending on to the pale ground colour of the lower part 

 of the side ; vertical and pelvic fins reddish. 



Hah. Lake Toba, Sumatra. 



A single specimen, one of the types of the species, 47 mm, in 

 total length. 



