554 MB. F. DAT ON THE GEOGEAFHICAL 



Subfamily Co bit id in a. 

 Genus Botia. 



1. B. NEBULOSA, Blyth. Darjeeling. 



2. B. DARio\ Ham. Buch. Delta of Granges and Brahma- 

 putra. 



3. B. GETo"\ Ham. Buch. Delta of Indus, Ganges, and Brah- 

 maputra ; also contiguous districts. 



4. B. ALMOEH^, Blyth. Himalayas. 



5. B. Berdmorei, Blyth. Delta of Irrawaddi river ; also Te- 

 uasserim. 



6. B. histrionica, Blyth. Pegu. 



Species of this genus appear to thrive best on or near to hills ; 

 1 is distributed through the deltas of the Indus, Ganges, and 

 Brahmaputra , 1 through the deltas of the two latter rivers and 

 contiguous districts ; 2 restricted to the Himalayas ; and 2 to 

 Burma. 



Genus Acanthopsis. 



1. A. CHOiROERHTNCHus^, Bleeker. Burma to the Malay ar- 

 chipelago. 



Genus Somileptes. 

 1. S. gongota\ Ham. Buch. Himalayas, Assam, and Lower 

 Bengal. 



Genus Leptocephalichthts. 



1. L. GUNTEA*, Ham. Buch. Himalayas, India generally (ex- 

 cept its southern portion and western coast). 



2. L. thermalis^, Cuv. Sf Val. Southern India, Malabar 

 coast, and Ceylon. 



1 Includes Diaeantha flavicatida, Swainson. 



^ IncliideB : — Diaeantha zebra, Swainson ; Botia rostrata, Giinther. 



^ Includes Prostheacanthus spectahilis, Blyth. 



* Includes : — Cohitis eueura, Ham. Buch. ; C. oculata, M'Olelland ; (? C. am- 

 nicola, Cuv. & Val.) ; Camthoflirys albescens and Somileptes bispinosa, Swainson_ 



5 Includes : — Cobitis balgara, Ham. Buch. ; (? C. phoxocheila, M'Olelland) ; 

 Schistura aculeata, M'Clelland ; Cobitis maya, Sykes ; Canthophrys vittatiis and 

 olivaceus, Swainson ; Misgicrnus lateralis, Giinther. 



^ Includes : — CoSe'fe car7iaiicus, mysorensis, and ? rubripinnis, Jerdon ; Pla- 

 t acanthus agrensis, Day. 



