194 F. Day — Monograph of Indian Cyprinidds. [No. 3, 



Length of head 2/9, of caudal 2/9, height of body 2/13 of the total 

 length. Eyes ; diameter 1/5 of length of head, 2 diameters from end of 

 snout, 1 diameter apart. Barbels, short. Fins ; the dorsal commences mid- 

 way between the end of snout and base of caudal, which last is lobed. 

 Pectoral extends two-thirds of the distance to the ventrals. Scales, minute. 

 Lateral line, complete. Colours, reddish brown, having from nine to twelve 

 yellowish olive vertical zones, those anterior to the dorsal fin coalescing 

 rather irregularly across the back. Dorsal fin with three rows of fine 

 black spots. Caudal irregularly spotted in bands. Some dull spots on the 

 ventral and anal fins. Most of the head marbled with black dots. 



Hah. — Nilgherry and Coorg hills, and rivers at their bases. 



A variety of this species with longer barbels exists in Mysore, where 

 it attains four inches hi length. 



30. ISTehacheh/us tkiakgularis. 



Day, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1865, p. 295, and Pishes of Malabar, p. 203, pi. 14, fig. 1 ; 

 Giintner, Catal. vii, p. 352. 



B. III. D. 2/8, P. 11, V. 9, A. 2/5, C. 19. 



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

 length. Eyes ; diameter 1/4 of length of head, 2 diameters from end of 

 snout and one apart. Barbels, short. Free portion of tail rather deeper 

 than long. Fins ; upper margin of dorsal fin oblique, it commences midway 

 between the end of the snout and the base of the caudal, which latter is 

 emarginate. Scales, distinct. Lateral line, complete. Colours, yellowish, 

 with about seven black edged bands on the body disposed in a y shape ; 

 likewise, one passes over the opercles, a second through the eye, a third from 

 the orbit to the angle of the mouth. Dorsal with three irregular rows of 

 black spots. Pectoral, ventral, and anal unspotted, but stained at their 

 margins. Three oblique bars across each lobe of the caudal which has a 

 black mark at its base. 



LLub. — Travancore hills. 



31. # Nemacheiltts mabmoeatus. 



Colitis ma/rmorata, Heckel, Fisch. Kascnmir, p. 76, t. 12, figs. 1 — 2, and Hugel, 

 Kasclimir, iv, p. 380 ; *Cuv. and Val. xviii, p. 41. 



Cdbitis vittata, Heckel, 1. c. p. 80, figs. 3, 4 ; and Hugel, Kasclimir, iv, p. 382 ; 

 *Cuv. and Val., xviii, p. 42. 



Nemaxhilus ma/rmoratus, *Guntlier, Catal. vii, p. 356. 

 B. III. D. 10, V. 7, A. 7. 



Length of head 2/9, height of body less than 2/9 of the length without 

 the caudal fin. Eyes, small, situated in the middle of the length of the 

 head. Free portion of tail not elongated. Fins ; upper margin of dorsal 

 fin oblique, its commencement being nearly midway between the end of the 



