290 INDIAN CYPRINID^. 



Spec. Cyp. cachius, Buch. t. 46. f. 6. |3 

 Cyp. Jeachki, id. Coll. 



Diaphinous, veiitrals elongated. D.7 : P-8 : V.3 : A.26. 

 Hab. Sunderbuns, and southern parts of Bengal.* 



The following species have four cirri. In the two first the depth is 

 equal to about a fourth of the entire length of the body. 



Spec. P. reticulatus, t. 45. f. 1. /3 



Cyp. dangila, Buch. P. G. p. 321. 



Reticulated purple stripes on the sides, caudal almost entire, 

 D.13 : P.12 : V.7 : A.17 : C.20. 



Hab. Rocky streams in Behar. 



Spec. P. striatus, t. 46. f. 1. /3 



Cyp. rerio, Buch. P. G. p, 322. 



Dorsal round, four or five bright blue stripes on the sides. 

 D.8:P.10: V.7: A.17: C.18. 



Hab. Bengal, particularly the Sunderbuns. 



In the following three, the depth is equal to about a fifth of the entire 

 length. They have each four cirri, and the anal is short. 



Spec. P. recurvirostris, t. 46. f. 2. j3 



Cyp. jogia, Buch. P. G. p. 326. 



A dark blue stripe extended from the eyes to the caudal, 

 apices of the jaws recurved. D.9 : P.12 : V.8 : A. 7 : C.19- 

 Hab. Bengal, from Calcutta to Purnea. 



* This is the smallest species of the group, being only about an inch in length. 



