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MR. F. DAY ON THE GEOGRAPHICAL 



Subfamily Cobitidina. 

 Grenus Botia. 



1. B. NEBTJLOSA, BlytJi. Darjeeling. 



2. B. DARio\ Ham. Bucli. Delta of Granges and Brahma- 

 putra. 



3. B. GETO^, Ham. Bitch. Delta of Indus, Ganges, and Brah- 

 maputra ; also contiguous districts. 



4. B. ALMORH^, Blyth. Himalayas. 



5. B. Berdmorei, Blyth. Delta of Irrawaddi river ; also Te- 

 nasserim. 



6. B. HisTRiONiCA, Blyth. Pegu. 



Species of this genus appear to thrive best on or near to hills ; 

 1 is distributed through the deltas of the Indus, Granges, and 

 Brahmaputra , 1 through the deltas of the two latter rivers and 

 contiguous districts ; 2 restricted to the Himalayas ; and 2 to 

 Burma. 



Genus Acanthopsis. 



1. A. CHOiRORRHTNCHrs^, BUeJcer. Burma to the Malay ar- 

 chipelago. 



Genus Somileptes. 

 1. S. GONGOTA'*, Ham. Buck. Himalayas, Assam, and Lov^^er 

 Bengal. 



Genus Leptocephalichthys. 



1. L. GUNTEA^, Ham. Buch. Himalayas, India generally (ex- 

 cept its southern portion and western coast). 



2. L. THERMALis^ Cuv. Sf Val. Southern India, Malabar 

 coast, and Ceylon. 



1 Includes Diacantha jiavicauda, Swainson. 



^ Includes : — Diacantha zebra, Swainson ; Botia rostrata, Giinther. 



3 Includes Prostheacanthus spectahilis, Blyth. 



4 Includes : — Cobitis cucura, Ham. Buch. ; C. oculata, M'Clelland ; (? C. am- 

 nicola, Cuv. & Val.) ; Cantho'phrys albescens and Somileptes bispijiosa, Swainson^ 



5 Includes: — Cobitis balgara. Ham. Buch,; (? C. jphoxocheila, M'Clelland); 

 Schistura aculeata, M'Clelland ; Cobitis may a, Sykes ; Canthophrys vittatus and 

 olivaceus, Swainson ; Misguriius lateralis, Giinther. 



^ Includes : — CoieYes carnaticus, mysorensis, and "i rubripinnis, Jerdon ; Pla- 

 tacanthus ayrensis, Day. 



