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Show 1869.] SURGEON F. D A Y O N I N D I A N FISHES. 555 Eyes. Diameter f of length of head, f of a diameter from end of snout. Large open pores on front of the snout. Rostral barbels the longest, and equal in length to the diameter of the eye. Fins. Dorsal commences in the anterior third of the total length. The pectoral does not quite reach the ventral, nor the latter the anal. Caudal deeply forked. Scales. Three and a half rows exist between the lateral line and base of the ventral fin. Colours, in spirit, uniform. The single specimen in the collection is 4 inches long, and was received from Major Berdmore, who obtained it in the Sitang river. It is now in rather a bad state. BARBUS (BARBODES) BLYTHII, sp. n. B.iii. D. 3/9. P.15. V. 9. A. 3/5. C. 17. L. 1. 22. L. tr. 4/5. Length of head |, of caudal \ of the total length. Height of head f, of body f of the total length. Eyes. Diameter f of length of head, f of a diameter from end of snout, f of a diameter apart. Praeorbital covered with pores ; opercles two-thirds as long as high. Barbels well developed, the nasal reaching the eye, and the maxillary to below the centre of the orbit. Fins. Dorsal arises midway between snout and base of caudal; its third ray articulated. It is slightly in advance of the ventral. Caudal deeply forked. Lateral line complete. Scales. Two and a half rows between lateral line and base of ventral fin. Colours uniform. One specimen, 2 inches long, from the Tenasserim provinces, presented by Major Berdmore, and marked Capoeta macrolepidota, C.&V. BARBUS (BARBODES) COMPRESSUS, sp. n. B.iii. D. 3/9. P.15. V. 9. A. 3/5. C. 17. L. 1. 22. L. tr. 4/5. Length of head 4;, of pectoral -1, of base of dorsal ^, of base of anal -ft, of caudal £ of the total length. Height of head -ft, of dorsal fin g, of ventral g, of anal g of the total length. Eyes. Diameter f of length of head, 1-]*- diameter from end of snout, 1-^ diameter apart. Head much compressed ; the whole of the cheeks covered with pores. The posterior extremity of the maxilla extends to below the anterior margin of the orbit. Rostral barbel extends to below the middle of the orbit, the maxillary to the angle of prseopercle. Mouth inferior; upper jaw the longest. Fins. Dorsal arises midway between the snout and the base of |