320 F. Day — Monograph of Indian Cyprinida. [No. 3, 



Eyes. Diameter 1/3 of length of head, rather above 1 diameter 

 apart and from end of snout. 



Dorsal and abdominal profiles slightly and about equally convex. 

 Mouth small, directed forwards and rather downwards, with upper 

 jaw slightly the longest. Maxillary pair of barbels one-third 

 longer than the orbit. 



Teeth, pharyngeal, — pointed and curved at their extremities, 

 4, 3, 2/2, 3, 4. 



Fins. Dorsal arises rather before the ventrals, and midway be- 

 tween the end of the snout, and abore the posterior extremity of 

 the base of the anal fin, none of its rays osseous. Caudal deeply 

 forked. 



Lateral line — complete, 2 rows of scales between it and ventral 

 fin. 



Colours. Silvery, with a black band passing from the snout to 

 the centre of the base of the caudal fin, above it runs a horizontal 

 scarlet band. Caudal with an oblique black band crossing the 

 posterior third of each lobe. 



Hah. Mundikyum in the Hill ranges of Travancore, where the 

 Rev. H. Baker, procured me several specimens. It attains six 

 inches in length. I named the species after the late Sir W. Denison, 

 K. C. B., then Governor of Madras. 



40. Barbtjs (Capoeta) arulitts. 



Systomus wrulius, Jerdon, M. J. L. and S. 1849, p. 319. 



Puntius arulius, Day, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1867, p. 294. 



Barbus wrulius, Day, 1. c. 1868, p. 585. and 1870, p. 373, (not Giinther). 



B. III. D. 3/8, P. 15, Y. 9, A. 2/5, C. 18, L. 1. 23, L. tr. 5/3^ 



Length of head 1/5, of caudal 1/8, height of body 1/4 of the 

 total length. 



Eyes. Diameter 2/5 of length of head, rather above 1/2 a 

 diameter from end of snout, and 3/4 of a diameter apart. 



Dorsal and abdominal profiles about equally convex. Cleft of 

 mouth extending to nearly below the anterior edge of the orbit. 

 A pair of moderately sized maxillary barbels. 



Teeth, pharyngeal,— 5, 3, 2/2, 3, 5, sharp and curved at their 

 extremities. 



