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INDIAN CYPRINID.T.. 



Spec. P. Jiasuta, J. M. t. 57. f. 2. J. A. S. vol. vii. t. 55. f. 2. 



A deep depression on the snout betAveen the eyes, thirty -four 

 scales on the lateral line, and eight in an oblique row from the. 

 base of the ventrals to the dorsum. D.IO : P.16 : V.9 : A.6 : C.15. 

 Hab. Kasyah mountains. Griff. Coll. 



II. Gen.=~PSILORHYNCHUS,* J. M. 



Chae. ISIuzzle elongated and flattened, eyes placed on the edges of the 

 head, mouth small and suctorial without cirri, opercula small, caudal bifid, 

 dorsal opposite to the ventrals. 



Spec. P. siicatio t. 50. f. 1. /3 



Cyp. sucatio, Buch. P. G. p. 347. 



Eyes placed far back near the branchial aperture. D.9 : 

 P.13 : V.9: A.7 : C.19. 



Hab. North-eastern parts of Bengal. 



Spec. P. variegatus, 50. f. 2. /3 



Cyp. halitora, Buch. P. G. p. 348. 



Diaphinous, silvery below, above spotted, one row of cloud- 

 like spots on the back, and another on each side. D.IO : P. 12 : 

 V.9 : A.7 : C.18. 



Hab. North-eastern parts of Bengal. 



III. Gen.— PJ2CILIA, J. M. 



Chae. Head flat, minute teeth inserted along the edges of the jaws, 

 caudal entire ; from four to six rays in the branchial membrane. 



* For etymology, see page 248. 



