S26 PHTSOSTOMI. 



2. Romaloptera maculata, D. 10, A. 2/5, L. 1. 78. Boutan and Kbasia Hills, also souttern India. 

 2. Homaloptera hilineata, D. 9, A. 6. Horizontal bands. Tenasserim Provinces. 



1. Homaloptera Brucei, Plate CXXII, fig. 1. 

 Balitora Brmei, Gray and Hard., Ind. Zool. ; McClelland, Ind. Cyp., p. 299, 428, pi. 49, fig. 1. (Prom 

 Gray and Hard.) ; Guv. and Val. xviii, p. 101. 



Platycara australis, Jerdon, M. J. L. and Sc. 1849, p. 333. 



Homaloptera Bruaei, Day, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1867, p. 348 ; Gunther, Catal. vii, p. 340. 



Cul-cundee, Tamil. " Stone Carp." 



B. iii', D. 11(f), P. 21, V. 11, A. 7(f), C. 17, L. 1. 70, L. tr. 10/7. 



Length of head 6|, of caudal 5 in the total length, JEyes — 2^ diameters from end of snout, 1 diameter 

 from end of opercle. Snout broad and depressed, with sharp margins : rostral and maxiUary barbels small. 

 Teeth — pharyngeal, conical, 15, ia one row. Fins — pectoral nearly reaches the ventral, its anterior nine rays 

 are unbranched, as are also the first two of the ventral. Lower caudal lobe much the longer. Scales — absent 

 from chest and as far as the posterior margin of the base of the ventrals. Colowrs — dark brown with darker 

 blotches : caudal banded. 



Habitat. — ^Wynaad and Bowany rivers in Madras, Himalayas from about Darjeeling through Boutan, 

 Assam, and the Khasia Hills. 



3. Homaloptera maculata, Plate CXXII, fig. 2. 



Balitora maculata, Gray and Hard. Ind. Zool. ; Cuv. and Val. xviii, p. 102. 

 Platycara maculata, McClell. Ind. Cyp. pp. 299, 427, pi. 49, fig. 2 (from Gray and Hard.) 

 Platycara anistm-a, McClell. Cal. Journ. Nat. Hist, ii, p. 687, pi. 16, fig. 1. 

 Homaloptera maculata, Giinther, Catal. vii, p. 340. 



B. iii, D. 10(1), P. 19, V. 9, A. 7(1), C. 17, L. 1. 70. 



Length of head 5f to 6, of caudal 6, height of body 7 in the total length. Uyes — directed upwards 

 and outwards, diameter 1/5 of length of head, 3 diameters from end of snout, 2 diameters apart. Interorbital 

 space convex. Snout broad, depressed : lips fringed. Rostral barbels short, their length equalling about 2/3 

 of the diameter of the orbit, the pair at the angle of the mouth thicker and slightly longer. Teeth — pharyngeal, 

 5, in one row. Fins — dorsal arising rather nearer the end of snout than the base of caudal. Pectoral 

 nearly reaching the ventral, its outer 8 rays unbranched, Two outer ventral rays simple. Caudal lobed in its 

 posterior third. Scales — cycloid. Lateral-line — complete. Golowrs — dull olive, becoming yellowish beneath. 

 Large brown blotches on the body. Dorsal fin with three rows of dull spots : pectoral and ventral with three 

 or four, anal with two, caudal with three irregular bands, and black tips. 



Habitat. — Wynaad, the Bowany river, also the Himalayas. The specimen figured (from the Wynaad) 

 is a male. 



3. Homaloptera bilineata, Plate CXXI, fig. 8. 



? Gyprinus sucatio. Ham. Buch. Pish. Ganges, pp. 347, 393 ; Cuv. and Yal. xvi, p. 448. 



? Psilorhynohus sucatio, McClelland, Ind. Cyp. pp. 300, 429, pi. 1. f. 1, (from H. B.'s MS.) ; Gunther, 

 Catal. vii, p. 343. 



Homaloptera bilineata, Blyth, Proc. Asi. Soc. of Beng. 1860, p. 172. 



Nemaoheilms serpentarius. Day, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1869, p. 551. 



B. iii, D. 10(1), P. 17, y. 9, A. 7(1), C. 19, L. 1. 64, L. tr. 12/17. 



Length of head 1/5, of caudal 1/5, height of body nearly 1/5 of the total length. Fyes — small, behind 

 the middle of the length of the head, about 4 diameters from end of snout, and 3 diameters apart. Snout pointed. 

 Upper lip fimbriated. Barbels — short, six in number, the maxillary pair the longest. Fins — dorsal arises 

 slightly in advance of the ventrals, and midway between the snout and the base of the caudal fin, its upper 

 margin straight. Pectoral, having its five outer rays unbranched, reaches two-thirds of the distance to the ventral, 

 and the latter above half-way to the anal. Caudal deeply emarginate, its lobes pointed. Scales — smooth, with a 

 raised keel along their centres, and increasing in size in the last half of the body. Lateral-lime — complete. 

 Air-vessel — absent. Colours — brownish, with a wide dark chestnut band passing from the snout through the 

 orbit to the base of the dorsal fin, which last has a black centre. Caudal deep brown with white margins. A 

 black bar across the base of the ventrals. 



This species appears closely allied to Buchanan's fish from the rivers of Northern Bengal, which however 

 is said to have the snout much longer than the remainder of the head. The eyes are represented as large, but 

 only stated to be far back and globular. Fins — dorsal high, anteriorly with a very oblique upper margin. 

 CoZoiw«— superiorly greenish, with scattered dots : sides clouded : abdomen whitish. Fins dotted. 



Habitat. — Three specimens are in the Calcutta Museum, from the Tenasserim provinces. 



Genus, 2 — ^Psiloehynchtjs, McClelland. 

 Back somewhat elevated, head moderately depressed : snout more or less spatulate. Mouth small, tramverse, 

 inferior. Lips entire, not continuous, reflected from off both jaws, amd studded with glands. Barbels absent. Dorsal 



