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29. AuciiEKOOLANis PUNCTATUS, sp. n, (Plate XXIX. figs. 1 , la.) 



Depth of body 5 times in total length, length of head 3 times. 

 Head smooth, 1^ as long as broad ; snout pointed, half the length 

 of the head ; diameter of eye 6 times in the length of the head, 

 hardly twice in the interocular widtli ; width of mouth more 

 than half that of the head ; lips wide, papillose ; posterior nostiil 

 cleft-like, a little neai'er the eye than the end of the snout ; pr?e- 

 maxillary teeth forming a shoi't and narrow band, the mandil)ulai-s 

 two rounded groups; maxillary bai'bel as long as the head, 

 reaching the middle of the pectoral spine ; outer mandibular 

 barbel 1^- the length of the head, inner | the length of the head ; 

 gill-membranes forming an obtuse angle ; occipital process smnll, 

 as long as the eye, sepaiated from the interneural shield, which 

 is very small. Humeral process small, pointed. Dorsal I 7 ; 

 spine smooth, |- the length of the head. Adipose fin 4 times as 

 long as deep, nearly reaching the caudal, narrowly separated from 

 the rayed dorsal. Pectoral spine half as long as the head, its 

 inner edge strongly serrated. Yentiul not reaching the anal. 

 Latter with 10 luys, 7 of which are branched. Caudal rounded. 

 Pale brownish, with seven indistinct darker bars, each accom- 

 panied by a vertical series of black dots ; belly white ; dorsal and 

 candal fins with transverse seiies of dark spots. 



Total length 80 millim. 



A single specimen. 



Allied to A. uhangensis Blgr. Dififering principally in the 

 longer maxillary baibel. 



30. AucHEXOGLAXis PULCHER, sp. n. (Plate XXIX. figs. 2, 2 a.) 



Depth of body 5 to 5i times in total length, length of head 

 3 to 3^ times. Head smooth, 1| as long as broad ; snout obtusely 

 pointed, half the length of the head ; diameter of eye 7 to 9 times 

 in length of head, twice to twice and a half in the interorbital 

 width ; width of mouth lathei* moi'e than half that of the head ; 

 lips wide, papillose ; posterior nostril cleft-like, a little nearer 

 the eye than the end of the snout ; prsemaxillary teeth forming a 

 reniform group, the mandibulais two rounded groups ; maxillary 

 barbel | to -j the length of the head, not extending beyond the 

 base of the pectoral ; outer mandibular barbel nearly as long as the 

 head, inner neaily half the length of the head ; gill- membranes 

 forming an acute angle ; occipital process small, as long as the 

 eye, separated from the interneural shield, which is very small. 

 Humeral process small, pointed. Dorsal I 7 ; spine smooth, half 

 the length of the head. Adipose fin 4 to 5 times as long as deep, 

 twice to twice and a half as long as its distance from the rayed 

 dorsal. Pectoral spine half as long as the head, its inner edge 

 strongly serrated. Ventral not reaching the anal. Latter with 

 11 or 12 rays, 7 or 8 of w^hich are branched. Caudal rounded. 

 Caudal peduncle as long as deep. Yellowish, brown on the back, 

 with transverse series of round black spots ; a lai-ge black blotch 



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