1871.] F. Day — Monograph of Indian Cyprinidce. 317 



Hah. Bengal, Assam, N. W. Provinces and Punjab, attaining 

 nearly 5 inches in length. Is very common at Hurdwar and Eoorkee. 



35. Barbtjs (Capoeta) thermalis. 



Leuciscus thermalis, Cuv. and Val. xvii, p. 94, pi. 490. 

 Barbus thermalis, Gunther, Catal. vii, p. 143. 



B. III. D. 3/8, P. 15, Y. 9, A. 3/5, C. 19, L. 1. 25, L. tr. 5j/5}. 



Length of head nearly 1/4 (4/17), of caudal nearly 1/4 (4/17), 

 height of body about 1/5 (4/21) of the total length. 



Eyes. Diameter 2/7 of length of head, 1 diameter from end of 

 snout. 



Body very compressed. Jaws of about equal length : interor- 

 bital space convex. Barbels shorter than the eye. 



Fins. Dorsal commences midway between the endjof snout and 

 base of caudal fin, it is only two-thirds as high as the body, its 

 osseous ray moderately strong, rather longer than the head without 

 the snout. 



Lateral line — incomplete, extending for the first eight scales : 

 3^ rows of the scales between it and the base of the ventral fin. 



Colours. Silvery, a round black finger mark on either side of 

 the free portion of the tail, anterior to the base of the caudal fin. 



Hah. Mysore, Ceylon, Cachar : attaining 3 inches or more in 

 length. 



36. Barbus {Capoeta) lepidtjs. 



Puntius (Cavoeta) lepidus, Day, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1868, p. 196. 

 Barbus filamentosus, Gunther, Catal. vii, p. 145, (not Cuv. and Vak) 



B. III. D. 3/8, P. 15, V. 9, A. 2/5, C. 19, L. 1. 21, L. tr. 5/3. 



Length of head 1/5, of caudal 1/4, height of body 2/7, of 

 dorsal fin 1/5 of the total length. 



Eyes. Diameter 2/5 of length of head, nearly 2/3 of a diameter 

 from end of snout, 1 diameter apart. 



Body strongly compressed. Lower jaw the shortest. Maxillary 

 barbels thin and extending to below the centre of the orbit. 



Fins. Last undivided dorsal ray osseous, smooth, feeble ; the 

 branched rays are elongated in the adult. Caudal deeply lobed. 



