1872.] F. Day — Monograph of Indian Cyprinidce. 177 



anterior being partially enclosed in a bony capsule, whilst the posterior por- 

 tion floats free in the abdominal cavity. 



Geographical distribution. — Found in the plains and hills in Eastern 

 Bengal, and in both Upper and Lower Barma. 



Synopsis of species. 



1. Botia nebulosa, D. 3/12, A. 2/5, Barbels six. DarjtUng. 



2. Botia dario, D. 3/10, A. 2/6. Barbels eight. Bengal, N. W. Provinces, Cachar. 



3. Botia hymenophysa, D. 13 — 15, A. 8. Barbels six. Barma. 



4. Botia Almorhce, D. 12, A. 8. Barbels eight. Almorah. 



5. Botia rostrata, D. 12, A. 8. Barbels eight. Assam. 



6. Botia Berdmorei, D. 2/9, A. 2/5. Barbels eight. Darjiling. 



7. Botia histrionica, D. 2/8, A. 2/5. Barbels eight. Pegu,. 



1. Botia nebulosa. 



Blyth, J. A. S. of B., 1860, p. 165 ; Day, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1869, p. 550. 



B. III. D. 3/12. P. 13. V. 8. A. 2/5. C. 17. 



Length of head 1/5, of caudal 1/5, height of body 1/5 of the total 

 length. Eyes,—m. the middle of the length of the head, two diameters from 

 the end of the snout, and the same distance apart. Colours, — brownish, 

 with a leaden band along the side. Dorsal and caudal barred in spots. 

 An ocellus at the upper margin of the base of the caudal fin. 



Sab. — Darj iling. 



2. Botia daeio. 



Colitis dario, Ham. Buch., Fish. Ganges, pp. 354, 394, pi. 29, f. 95 ; *Cuv. and 

 Val., xviii, p. 85; Bleeker, Verh. Bat. Gen. Ned. Ind., xxv. Beng. and Hind. p. 143; 

 McClell. Ind. Cyp. pp 306, 444, pi. 61, f. 8. 



? Colitis geto, Ham. Buch., 1. c. pp. 355, 394, pi. xi, f. 96; Cuv. and Val. xviii, 

 p. 84 ; McClell., Ind Cyp. pp. 306, 444, pi. 61, f. 9. 



Botia dario, Gunther, Catal. vii, p. 366. 

 Sahinga, Panj.; JBucktea, Hind. ; Shee-nharo, Sind. 



B. III. D. -^-. P. 14. V. 8. A. 2/6. C. 19. 

 9—10 ' 



Length of head 1/5, of caudal 1/5, height of body 1/5 of the total 

 length. JEyes — small, situated in the anterior portion of the posterior half of 

 the head, and from ,\\ to 2 diameters apart. Barbels eight. Posterior 

 portion of air vessel free in the abdominal cavity. Colours ; — seven or eight 

 oblique bands descend from the back to the abdomen, and two or three, or 

 even more, cross either lobe of the caudal fin. In some specimens, especially 

 from, the Jumna, there are about five vertical bands, which arch superiorly 

 so as to coalesce with the next on either side, between each arch is an 

 intermediate vertical blotch. Sometimes there are two bars on the pectoral 

 and the same number on the ventral fins. 



Sab. — Bengal, N. W. Provinces and the Panjab, also Cachar. I have 

 generally taken it in the rivers of the plains, except in the Sind hills. 



