EXTRACTS FROM HIS LETTERS. 



XXV 



Cyprinidae. Peri 



lampoid, 

 Cyprinoid, 



SchizO' 

 thorax, . . 



Cyprinoid, 

 Ophiocephalus, 



Cyprinoid like a 

 Bleak, Schizo- 

 thorax. 



Cyprinoid. A nar- 

 row deep fish 

 Perilamp. An 

 Opsarion ? 



Cyprinoid, 



Schizo- 

 thorax, 



Racoma nobilis. 



Loach, 



Jallalabad river, 



Jheels, etc., Bus 

 soollah, 



Jheels, etc., Bus- 

 soollah, very com 

 mon, 



Lalpoor, Cabul ri- 

 ver, 



Khyber range 

 stream,fromSir-i- 

 Chushme spring, 

 temper. 75°, from 

 limestone rocks, 



Remarks. 



Back metallic bluish-brown, other- 

 wise silvery. 



Back greenish, fins reddish, snout 

 elongated. 



Colours brownish, tinged with yel- 

 low ; perhaps it is the same as the 

 Helmund and Cabul species : 

 intestines packed in a few folds, 

 moderately long, 4§ inches longer 

 than body : diameter of body 2 

 inches. Peritoneum with the black 

 pigment. Cameo-herbivorous. 



Colour rather a rich brown, pecto- 

 ral fins barred with chesnut. 



Back brownish : this colour limited 

 to a narrowish line, otherwise en- 

 tirely pearly. Peritoneum cover- 

 ed with black pigment. Intestines 

 rather large, in 3 or 4 folds. 



A very pretty species, brownish 

 back, marked faintly both longi- 

 tudinally and transversely with 

 iridescent patches, abdominal fins 

 reddish. 



A handsome species allied to the 

 Mahaseer; back black, otherwise 

 yellowish, fins tinged with red, 

 scales as it were bordered with 

 dusky-black. Intestines short. 



An oval, rather thick fish, of obscure 

 colours. 



An elegant species, back obscurely 

 brown, otherwise pearly. Perito- 

 neum black, covered with pio-. 

 ment. Intestines very long and 

 narrow. 



A stout fish, with a large head, not 

 unlike a trout at first sight. Sides 

 bluish silvery grey, back obscure- 

 ly brown, remarkable for frequent 

 irregular well-defined black spots, 

 faintest in small specimens, fins 

 tinged with reddish. Head flat at 

 top, with some spots. Peritoneum 

 with black pigment. Intestines 

 of large size, loaded with fat, short, 

 not twice the length of the abdo- 

 men, cavity loaded with fat. As 

 usual no caeca. A remarkable 

 type : aspectu omnino carnivoris, 



A very small and slender species, 

 light brown, speckled and barred 

 with brown, attracted immediate- 

 ly by scraping up the bed of the 

 outlet of the spring. 



* Calcutta Journal Natural History, Vol. II. p. 577, t. xv. f. 4. 



