172 Heport on some Fishes rece iuedf rom the Sitang River. [No. 2, 



and ventrals are mostly nearly equal in size. This form is exem- 

 plified by tbose figured by Mr. McClelland in As. Res. XIX, II, pl. 

 53 fi^s. 1, 3, 4, 5, and 6, and also by tbe two Kaslimirian species 

 figured by Heckel. To it appertain — 



C. zonalternans, nobis, n. s. Largest specimen 1| in. long, with 

 ten dorsal and six anal rays. Jt has a dark lateral streak, crossed by 

 twelve short transverse bands, which altérnate with about the same 

 number of dorsal dark cross-bands. The dorsal fin is marked with 

 three and the caudal with four rows of black spots : the other fins 

 being spotless. Tenasserim provinces. 



C. cincticattda, nobis, n. s. Very like C. scaturigiíj-ea, B. H., 

 but with fewer rays to the dorsal and anal (viz. seven and six respec- 

 tively), and the body more regularly banded ; shewing about ten 

 dorsal transverse bands which are broader than the alternating yel- 

 lowish bands, and a strongly marked black transverse bar at base of 



tail also a dark bar between the eyes and mouth, crossing the 



muzzle. Two black spots on base of dorsal, and above them a black 

 speck on each ray ; the other fins without markings. Length 2 in. 

 Tenasserim Provinces. 



VIH. Homoloplera, Kuhl and von H. asselt. A form inter- 

 medíate to the ordinary spineless Loches and Balttora of Gray. 



H. BiLiiíEATA, nobis, n. s. Affined to H. ERTTHRORniisrA, (figured 

 as Balitora erytlirorliina by M. Valenciennes,) but with the Bali- 

 tora tendencies less decided. A minute blunt knob on the muzzle, 

 as in certain species of restricted Cobitis. Nine dorsal and six anal 

 rays ; the tail acutely furcate. A narrow dark line from muzzle to 

 eve continued behind the eye as a broad, irregular, and somewhat 

 zigzag band, set off laterally with whitish, and joining its opposite 

 behind the dorsal fin : a corresponding but obscure band l>elow the 

 lateral line, little seen on the hind-half of the body. Dorsal with a 

 laro-e blotch of black and one small posterior spot. Caudal fin also 

 black, with the sides of its base and the forking tips white (or yel- 

 low ?), but the extreme tips black. Pectorals, ventrals, and anal, 

 blotched with black : sides of body somewhat nigrescent. Largest 

 specimen 2| in. long. Tenasserim provinces. 

 Fam. Clupeadce. 



