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then, in a collection from China, I met with a species with 

 short head and smooth dorsal spine, which I believed to be 

 Buchan's Cyprinus putitora ; the scales of this were still 

 larger than those of the Bokhar, being only 25 in number 

 on the lateral line. 



The following species differs from both, in having 32 

 scales on that line. 



2. BARBUS SPINULOSUS. (J. M.) PI xxi. / 3. 



Descr. — The length of the head is equal to a fourth part of the 

 length of the body. The eyes are placed anterior to the middle 

 of the head, the back is little arched, and the dorsal commences 

 mid-way between the end of the nose and commencement of the tail 

 fin. The three first rays of the dorsal are closely united, the third 

 spinous ray is straight, and more slender than usual in this genus. 

 It is shorter than the succeeding soft ray. The muzzle is short and 

 smooth ; there are 32 scales along the lateral line, the fin rays are, 



P. 16 :D. |: V. 9: A. i : C. ll. 



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Colour olive green above, white below, the fins are all pale. 

 Length of the spceimen 7 inches. 



Habit. — Rivers at the foot of Sikkim Mountains on the northern 

 frontier of Bengal. 



3. BARBUS CLAVATUS. (J. M.) PL xxi./. 2, 

 Cyprinus chagunio, Buch. The large spined Barbel. 



In the As. Res. vol. xix, the characters of this species 

 are given on the authority of Buchanan. Not having met 

 with it, I conceived from that author's description, that it 

 might be a variety of the spotted Barbel, B. spilopholus. 



The collection now before us, affords however, a very 

 distinct species, which I believe to be the Cyprinus chagunio, 

 Buch. 



Descr. — The depth of the body is equal to \ of the length, mouth 

 slightly cleft, muzzle short and covered with small thorny tuber- 



