8o Records of the Indian Museum. [Vol,. XXIV, 



I am unable to say whether Zugmayer's (op. cit.) specimens 

 represent this species or A 7 , vittatus, but the latter is undoubt- 

 edly more common in the Kashmir lakes. 



For the reasons already given under N. vittatus I have not 

 included references by Gtinther and Day under the title of this 

 species. 



Nemachilus microps (Steind,). 



1866. Cobitis microps, Steindachner, Verh. Zool.-bot. Ges. WYew XVI, 



p. 794, , pi. 13, fig. 3% 

 1S68. Nemachilus microps, Gunlher, Cat. Brit. Mas. Fish.YW, p. 357. 



This species is readily distinguished by its small eyes. We 

 have two specimens in our collection from Mecma ' (Yarkand 

 Mission, Dr. Stoliczka's collection) which agree with Stein- 

 dachner's description of the species. These specimens had previ- 

 ously been referred to Nemachilus stoliczkae. The male possess- 

 es well-marked secondary sexual characters below the eyes. 



The species was originally described from Leh and in all 

 probability the waters from Mecma pass to the Indus River. 



Nemachilus tibctanus Regan. 

 (Text-figs. 2«, lb.) 



1905. Nemachilus tibetanus, Regan, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (7) 



XV, p. 187. 

 1908. Nemachilus stoliczkae, Lloyd (in part), Rec. hid. Mus. II, p. 341. 

 1911. Nemachilus stoliczkae, Stewart (in part), Rec. Ind. Mus. VI, 



p. 70. 



The specimens before me ot this species were collected by 

 Capt. Kennedy in Nyang-chu at Kangmar and by Capt. Stewart 

 in Gyang-tse. These had been referred to Nemachilus stoliczkae 

 by Lloyd and Stewart. The species differs from N . lhasae, which 

 is known from the adjacent region, by the greater depth of its 

 caudal peduncle, by the position of the dorsal fin. whose commence- 

 ment is situated nearer to the root of the caudal than to the tip 

 of the snout, and by the position of the eye, which is nearer to the 

 tip of the snout than to the posterior margin of the head. 



Nemachilus tibetanus exhibits a well-marked sexual dimor- 

 phism. 



Nemachilus sp. 



There are several specimens in our collection from Sirikol, 

 which have been referred to Nemachilus stoliczkae by Day with 

 the following remark, " in specimens from Sirikol the snout is 

 rather more pointed." I am unable to refer these specimens 

 to any of the known species of the genus, but on account of their 

 bad state of preservation I do not propose to describe them as 

 a new species. 



' The Yarkand Mission made collections in several places outside Yarkand. 

 I have not been able to determine the exact locality of Mecma, but I suppose 

 waters from this place flow into the Indus river-system. 



