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caudal. — Teeth ; pharyngeal, curved, pointed, 5, 3, 2/2, 3, 5. Colours, silvery 
with a lateral hand which fades after death. 
H al . — Bowany river at the base of the Neilgherries, attaining 6 inches 
in length. 
Dr. Jerdon gives about 50 scales in C. diffusa, along the side, and 
observes that his species is found in the Cauvery and all its tributaries. 
I did not obtain it in the lower portions of the Cauvery, but C. argentea 
was likewise absent, and I suspect the two are identical. 
3. Chela bacaila. 
Oyprinus bacaila, Ham. Buoli., Pish, Ganges, pp. 265, 384, pi. 8, fig. 76 ; *Cuv. 
and Val. xvi, p. 460. 
(ypsarins bacaila, MoClell., Ind. Cyp. pp. 295, 414. 
„ leucerus, MoClell., loc. oit. pp. 295, 415, pi. 47, fig. 3 ; *Cuv. and Val., xvi, 
p. 470. 
Leuciscus bacaila, Bleeker, Verh. Bat. Gen. xxv, Bong, and Hind. p. 137. 
„ cultellus, Cuv. and Val., xvii, p. 341, pi, 507. 
Felecus cultellus, Jerdon, M. J. L. and S. 1849, p. 326. 
Chela bacaila, Gunther, Catal. vii, p. 332 ; Day, Proc, Zool. Soc. 1869, p, 382. 
Jellahri, Uriah. Chelliah, Hind. 
B. III. D. 2/7, P. 13, Y. 9, A. 2 -, C. 19, L. 1. 110. 
Length of head 1/0, of caudal 2/9, height of body 2/11 of the total 
length. — Eyes : snout slightly longer than the eye. Bones of the fore-arm 
not dilated, and not supporting the abdominal edge anterior to the pectoral 
fin. Suborbital ring of bones broad, nearly covering the cheek. — Teeth : 
pharyngeal 5, 4 or 3, 2/2, 3 or 4, 5.- — Fins : first anal ray is below the middle 
of the dorsal fin. — Scales : extend forwards on the head to nearly opposite 
the posterior margin of the orbit —Colours : uniform silvery. 
Sab. — Throughout India except Malabar. It may exist according to 
Dr. Gunther in Moulmein, but I could not find it there. It attains six inches 
in length. 
4. *Chela xovacula. 
Leuciscus novacula, Val. in Jacq. Voy. Ind., pi. 15, fig. 2 ; Cuv. and Val. xvi; 
p. 345. 
Chela novacula, *Giintlier, Catal. vii, p. 334. 
B. III. D. 9, A. 17, L. 1. 60, L. tr. 15/3. 
Length of head 1/5, height of body 1/5 of the total length. — Eyes : 
large. — Teeth : pharyngeal — 5, 4, 3/3, 4, 5. — Fins : dorsal above the anterior 
anal rays ; the pectorals nearly reach the ventrals. — Colours : silvery. 
Sab. — India. 
