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Scales, moderately distinct. Colours, brownish with dark blotches, almost 

 bands, on the upper half of the body, and some also upon the fins. Occiput 

 nearly black. A dark mark at the base of the caudal, which is irregularly 

 banded. A black spot at the base of the anterior dorsal rays, and a bar 

 across the lower portion of the fin. 



Sab. — Cauvery above Trichinopoly, also ? Ceylon. 



25. Nemacheilus montattus. 



Schistura montana, McClell., Ind. Cyp. pp. 307, 440, t. 57, fig. 1. 



Cobitis montana, *Cuv. and Val., xviii, p. 69. 



? Nemacheihis montanus, Giinther, Catal. vii, p. 350. 



Saant-al, Panj. 



B. III. D. 3/7, P. 10, V. 8, A. 2/5, C. 18. 



Length of head 1/6, of caudal 1/6, height of body 1/8 of the total 

 length. Eyes, small, in the middle of the length of the head. Head, rather 

 above half as wide as long. Free portion of tail as deep as long. Fins ; 

 the dorsal's upper margin straight and oblique, it commences midway 

 between the anterior margin of the orbit and the base of the caudal fin ; 

 pectoral extends a httle above half the distance to the ventral. Caudal 

 with rounded lobes. Scales, absent. Colours, yellowish, with twelve verti- 

 cal brown bands, much narrower than the intermediate ground colour, and 

 decreasing in width below the lateral line ; a dark band across the base of 

 tbe caudal, which fin as well as the dorsal has a single row of indistinct spots 

 forming a sort of greyish band ; a dark mark at the base of the anterior 

 dorsal rays. 



Ha b . — Himalayas. 



26. Nemacheiltjs spilopteeus. 



Colitis spilopterus, Cuv. and Yal., xviii, p. 27, pi. 522. 

 Nemachilus spilopterus, Gunther, Catal., vii, p. 358. 



B. III. D. 2/7, P. 10, V. 7, A. 2/5, C. 19. 



Length of head 2/11, of caudal 1/7 of the total length. Height of 

 body scarcely equals the length of the head. -Eyes, near the summit of the 

 head and in the middle of its length. Barbels, short. Free portion of 

 tail about twice as long as high. Fins ; dorsal with an oblique upper mar- 

 gin, it commences midway between the end of the snout and the root of 

 the caudal. Pectoral reaches half way to the base of the ventral. Caudal 

 very slightly emarginate. Scales, absent. Colours, greenish yellow, with 

 from eleven to fifteen irregular bands crossing the back, and a black band 

 across the root of the caudal fin. A black blotch at the base of the three 

 first dorsal rays. 



JLab. — Himalayas, Assam and Cochin China. 



