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[N.8.] 
(Clarias) includes a large number of African species, many 
but not all of which are tropical, and is also represented, 
soni is found as far south as Sind, occurring also in north- 
eastern Africa and south-western Asia The other two Syrian 
t 
known from Persia, but in Peninsular India the genus is re- 
placed by Haplochilus and Panchax. Some authors! separate 
the African and Asiatic species under the name Lebias from 
Cyprinodon s.s., which they retain for American forms: but 
there is little justification for this course. 
(6) NoTEs ON SPECIES OBSERVED. 
The following are a few notes on species actually examined. 
Tam much indebted to the assistance of Mr. B. L. Chaudhuri 
in their preparation. 
Blennius varus, Risso. 
This little fish is extremely common at the very edge of 
the lake, where it hides among small stones the upper surface 
of which is frequently dry. On two occasions (in October) I 
found what I take to be its eggs. They were deposited in a 
flat’ mass, sometimes one egg and sometimes several eggs deep, 
on the lower surface of a stone, and on each occasion an adult 
blenny was observed apparently on guard just outside the 
! See Gorman, Mem. Mus. Comp. Zool. Harvard XIX, 29 (1895). 
