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Show .] SURGEON F. DAY ON NEW FISHES FROM MADRAS. 197 Scales on body large, those on the chest small; rather a high row along the bases of dorsal and anal fins. _ Lateral line slightly concave to opposite end of dorsal fin, whence it is straight. Colours. Silvery white, with a greenish back and a diffused black spot on the lateral line from the fourteenth to the eighteenth scale. Caudal red, tipped with black. Hab. Bowany, at Mettapolliam. This species was overlooked in m y collection last year, being so very similar to the young of the P. filamentosus that the two had become mixed together, the only apparent difference being in the presence of maxillary cirri. One of this species was taken at Kur-riapudnam in the Cochin state, 1862 ; but the cirri became destroyed, and the specimen then was identical in appearance with the young of the other species ; consequently I did not describe it, being unable to obtain another specimen. It appears to be a small species. PUNTIUS (CAPOETA) PUCKELLI, sp. nov. B. iv. D. 2/7. P. 15. V. 1/8. A. 3/5. C. 19. L. 1. 24. L. tr. 4/3. Length of specimen 3 inches. Length of head ±, of pectoral fa, of caudal i of base of dorsal fa, of base of anal fa of the total length. Height of head -A-, of body f, of dorsal fin £, of ventral fa, of anal fa of the total length. Eyes. Diameter | of length of head, 1 diameter from end of snout, 1^ diameter apart. The form of this fish is more that of a Rasbora than of a typical Puntius; its thickness equals its height; its dorsal and abdominal profiles are about equally convex; and both are broad. Mouth almost anterior. Lower jaw slightly shortest, no tubercle ; but its extremity is not covered by lip. The maxilla only extends backwards to half the distance between snout and anterior margin of the orbit; it has a thick fleshy cirrus at its angle, which extends to below anterior margin of orbit. Snout rather fleshy, no glands ; summit of head convex. Teeth. Pharyngeal teeth plough-shaped, 5, 3, 2 / 2, 3, 5. Fins. Dorsal commences midway between end of snout and base of caudal fin, and in advance of the ventrals. Anal midway between the posterior extremity of the operculum and the posterior extremity of the caudal fin, which last is lobed in its last half. Dorsal undivided ; rays cartilaginous and articulated. Scales with from four to ten divergent striae on each, placed in horizontal parallel rows. There are no scales along the base of either dorsal or anal fins; it can therefore scarcely be considered a typical Puntius. Lateral line has a very slight descent for three scales, and then passes along the middle of the side of the body to the caudal fin. Colours. Greenish yellow along the back, silvery on the abdomen, with a golden and scarlet mark on the operculum, and a scarlet |