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5. Nemacheixus Rotexxi. 
Colitis Bupelli (?) Sykes, Trans. Zool. Soc. ii, p. 366, pi. 64, fig. 1. 
B. III. D. ?=?, P. 12, V. 8, A. 8, C. 19. 
Length of head 2/11, of caudal 1/5, height of body 1/5 of the total 
length. 1 fyes, slightly before the middle of the length of the head, 2| dia- 
meters from end of snout. Head pointed, four moderately developed rostral 
and two maxillary barbels. Fins ; dorsal arises midway between the snout 
and base of the caudal which is slightly forked ; the upper margin of the 
dorsal fin straight. Scales, moderately developed. Lateral line, distinct. 
Colours, greenish yellow except the abdomen which is white, short brown 
bars along the lateral line, and the rays of the dorsal and anal barred. 
Caudal with four posteriorly directed Y-shaped brown bars. A black spot 
at the base of the upper caudal lobe. 
Mob. — Rivers near Puna (in the Dakhin). 
6. * Nehacheixus moeeh. 
Colitis morel, Sykes, Trans. Zool. Soo. ii, p. 366. 
B. III. D. S, P. 12, V. 8, A. 7, C. 19. 
Head said to be more pointed than in the last species. Fins ; tail wedge- 
shaped. Scales, minute. Colours ; more dark blotches on the head than in 
jY. Bupelli. The transverse dark marks on the body are not (? now) 
arranged along the lateral line and over the back, alternating with each 
other. The fins have a very light orange tinge, 
Mab. — Mota Mola river at Puna. 
7.* Nemacheixtts monoceeos. 
Colitis monoceros, McClell., Ind. Cyp., pp. 305, 438, pi. 52, fig. 2 j # Cuv. and 
Val., xviii, p. 38. 
Nemachilus monoceros, # Giinther, Catal. vii, p. 358. 
B. III. D. 12, P. 12, Y. 8, A. 6, C. 18. 
Length of head 1/4 of the total without the caudal fin. A short blunt 
spine on the snout. Fins (according to the figure) ; upper margin of 
dorsal nearly straight, caudal rounded. Colours ; body greenish yellow with 
a silvery lustre, opercles tinged with green. Caudal and dorsal streaked 
with numerous small brown bars. 
Ilab. — Assam. 
8. Nemacheixus aueexs. 
B. III. D. 2/10, P. 15, V. 8, A. 2/5, C. 19. 
Length of head, of caudal and pectoral 1/5, height of body 2/13 of the 
total length. Eyes, large, not prominent, situated in the middle of the 
length of the head and 1) diameters from the end of snout. Snout very 
