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Show 290 MR. F. DAY ON INDIAN FISHES. [Mar. 14, than it does to the base of the caudal. Anal begins midway between the base of the pectoral and the posterior extremity of the caudal. Dorsal fin highest anteriorly, the last ray divided at its base and prolonged; upper margin of fin concave ; the first two undivided rays minute, the second scarcely more than one-third of the length of the third ray, which last is weak. Anal longest anteriorly ; first undivided ray very minute, second one-third the length of the third, all very weak. Caudal deeply lunated, lobes extended and pointed. Scales moderate in size. Lateral line in single tubes, passing nearly directly from opposite the centre of the orbit to the centre of the caudal fin. Teeth. Pharyngeal teeth small, placed close together, plough-shaped, and hardly pointed, 5, 4, 2 / 2, 4, 5. Colours. Greenish brown along the back, fading to dirty silvery white on the abdomen ; fins reddish, the posterior and external margins of each stained darker ; a golden gloss over the opercles; eyes golden. This species is said to grow to a large size. Hab. Bowany River, from which I only obtained this one specimen. LABEO (?BANGANA) DUSSUMIERI, CUV. & Val. B.iii. D. 3/8. P.15. V. 9. A. 3/5. L. 1. 36. L. tr. 7/4. Length of specimens up to 7 inches. Pharyngeal teeth as in the last species, 5, 4, 1 / 1, 4, 5. I have placed this, according to Dr. Bleeker's identification, as a Labeo, but, whilst doing so, cannot avoid stating that it seems questionable whether Buchanan Hamilton's genus Bangana, which has no lateral lobes to the snout, can be identified with the genus Labeo. Both are extensively diffused in India. Some of this species were placed in the Ootacamund Lake. LABEOBARBUS TOR, Buch. Ham. Poomeen candee, Tam. B. iii. D. 3/9. P. 18. V. 9. A. 2/5. C. 18. L. 1. 23-27. L. tr. 4/2. Length of specimens from 3 to 7 inches. Pharyngeal teeth 5, 3, 2 / 2, 3, 5, crooked and pointed. This species, which is said to grow to a large size in the higher regions of Bengal, is moderately common in the Bowany, where young ones are easily obtained in August and September. I had intended introducing it into the waters of the hills, to which it would seem well adapted. PUNTIUS (BARBODES) GRACILIS, Jerdon. Coatee candee, Tamil. B.iii. D. 4/9. P. 17. V. 9. A. ^. C.19. L. 1. 40. L. tr. 7/4. Length of head i, of pectoral ^, of caudal i, of base of dorsal \, |