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" Nearest allied to L. Fece, Blgr. Distinguished by the smaller 

 head, the distinct tympanum, the longer digits, and the absence 

 of a large horn-like tubercle on the upper eyelid." 



Fishes. 



Only two freshwater fishes were obtained during the expe- 

 dition, both from the Kadamaian River, Kina Balu, 2,150', viz : 

 one specimen of the remarkable Gastromyzon bomeensis (=Le]?ido- 

 glanvs r&onticolct) with its flat sucker-like ventral surface, enabling 

 the animal to live in the mountain torrents, like the tadpoles of 

 Rana cavitympanum mentioned' above ; and many specimens of a 

 new homalopteroid fish, named by Mr. Boulenger (2) Glaniopsis 

 kanitschi, n. g. and n. sp. He gives the following description of 

 this fish : 



Glaniopsis, gen. nov. 



" Head and anterior part of body depressed ; snout scarcely 

 projecting beyond the mouth, which is moderately large ; five 

 pairs of barbels — two in front of the snout, two at the angle of 

 mouth, and one between the two nasal openings ; gill-openings 

 narrow. Body covered with small scales, head naked ; lateral 

 line present. Dorsal fin short, further back than base of vent- 

 rals; anal short; pectoral and ventral fins horizontal, many- 

 rayed, the outer rays simple." 



k - Well distinguished from Homaloptera by the presence of a 

 nasal barbel." 



G J a n i apsis h an itsch i. 



" Depth of body 6^ times in total length, length of head 5 

 to 5 \ times. Head scarcely longer than broad ; snout rounded ; 

 eye in the middle of the length of the head, its diameter 5 times 

 in length of head, ~2\ in interorbital width ; barbels subequal in 

 length, twice as long as diameter of eye. Dorsal 8, commenc- 

 ing a little behind base of ventrals, situated at equal distance 

 from the end of the snout and the end of the caudal. Anal 7. 

 Pectoral as long as head, terminating at a considerable distance 

 from the ventral. Caudal as long as head, scarcely emarginate. 

 Caudal peduncle as long as deep. Scales extremely small, 

 smooth; lat, 1. 120-125. Yellowish brown above, with trans- 



