1872.] F. Day — Monograph of Indian Oyprinidce. 185 



obtuse, the pre-orbital (in the adult) ending posteriorly in a free blunt pro- 

 cess. "Width of head two-thirds of its length. Free portion of tail as high 

 as long. Barbels elongated, the internal rostral pair reaching to the eye, the 

 external to the middle of the orbit, and the maxillary to beyond its hind 

 margin. Fins ; dorsal commences somewhat in advance of the ventrals, and 

 in the adidt midway between the snout and the base of the caudal, but in 

 the immature nearer to the former ; the pectoral reaches to above the ven- 

 tral, and the anal when laid flat extends to the root of the caudal, which 

 last is forked in its last fourth with sharp lobes. Scales, very distinct. 

 Lateral line, ceases opposite the posterior end of the base of the dorsal. 

 Colours, light, with a green tinge and destitute of marks on the body in the 

 mature, but in the young there is a row of seven or eight dark blotches 

 along the middle of the body as wide as the ground colour, whilst superiorly 

 there are intermediate blotches extending downwards from the back. Fins 

 and the barbels of a deep orange colour, a dark ocellus at the base of the 

 upper caudal lobe, and 5 or 6 ~7 shaped bars on the tail. Several rows of 

 black spots along the dorsal fin. A dark streak from the eye down the 

 snout. 



Sab. — Jabbalpur, specimens obtained in September 1871 were full 

 of ova. 



9. Nemacheiltts eupicola. 



Scliistum rupicola, McClell., J. A. S. of B., vii, pi. pi. 55, fig. 3, and Ind. Cyp. 

 pp. 309, pi. 57, fig. 3. 



Colitis rupecula, *Cuv. and Val., xviii, p. 40. 

 Nemacliilus rupecula, Gunther, vii, p. 351. 



B. III. D. JL- Q , P. 10, V. 7, A. 2/5, C. 17. 



Length of head 1/5, of caudal 1/5 to 1/6, height of body 1/5 to 1/6 of 

 the total length. Eyes small, diameter 1/7 of the length of the head and 

 situated in the middle of its length, or more anteriorly in young specimens. 

 Head, broad, depressed. Barbels, short but stout. Fins ; dorsal commences 

 midway between the posterior margin of the orbit and the base of the 

 caudal fin. Pectoral reaches above half way to the root of the ventral ; 

 caudal with rounded lobes in the adult, more pointed in the young. Free 

 portion of the tail as deep as long. Scales, minute. Colours ; eleven to 

 seventeen vertical brown bands, each from as wide to three times as broad as 

 the buff interspaces. Caudal with a black band at its base, and four or five 

 irregular bars. Dorsal with a black base and a black mark between its two 

 first rays, the fin also spotted with black, the other fins with badly marked 

 bands. 



Sab. — Bengal, N. W. Provinces, Panjab, Assam, and the Himalayas ; 

 attaining 3| inches in length. 



