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Show 1867.] MR. F. DAY ON NEW INDIAN FISHES. 347 sine ungue 1*0, hallucis sine ungue 0*48, maxillee a fronte 0*95, ejusdem a rictu 0*95, mandibulee 1*37 poll. Angl. Fcemina mari similis sed minor. Hab. in insula Sechellarum " Praslin " dicta. Mus. A. et E. Newton (exempla iii.). Vivar. Soc. Zoolog. Lon-dinensis, ex dono S. Ward. Obs. In honorem H E N R I C I B A R K L Y , ordinis honorabilissimi Balnei equitis aurati, insulae Mauritianae et terrarum dependentium proconsulis, scientiarum amici, nominata. 5. O n some Fishes from the Wynaad. B y Surgeon F R A N C I S D A Y , F.Z.S., F.L.S. Whilst collecting the fishes which reside on and around the Neilgherries in 1866, I solicited from residents in neighbouring parts contributions from the piscifauna of their localities. John Burnett, Esq., of Cholady, Vithery, in the Wynaad, near Calicut, was good enough to favour me with eight species, of which I propose giving short descriptions. His coffee-estate is situated in the Wynaad range of hills, about 3000 feet above the level of the sea ; and the water from which these species were obtained is a small rivulet about 200 yards from his bungalow. The following is a list of the specimens received, with the Tamil names as applied in that locality :-Ophiocephalus gachua, Buch. Ham. ; Hara malabarica, Day (Cutti meen, Tam.) ; Saccobranchus singio, Buch, Ham. ; a small Loach (Cut irum, Tam.) ; Homalo-ptera brucei, Gray (Cut candee, Tam.); a Garra (Cut korava, Tam.); and three others of the Carp family, which I have previously described as new :-Puntius melanampyx, Paradanio aurolineatus, and Rasbora woolaree. I think that the capture of the LLomaloptera brucei in this part of India is exceedingly interesting, when coupled with the fact that I took the Garra gotyla in an adjacent locality, as described in my " Fishes of the Neilgherries." It makes it exceedingly probable that General Hardwicke's drawings of these species came originally from Buchanan Hamilton's collection, and that the latter obtained his specimens when travelling through this portion of the Madras Presidency, as described in his 'Journey through Mysore.' Another reason for believing this solution to be correct is, that these species of fish do not appear to have been obtained since then in Bengal. NEMACHEILUS STRIATUS, sp. nov. Cut irum (Tam.). B.iii. D. 2/8. P. 11. V. 8. A. 2/5. C. 17. Len°*th of head 4-, of pectoral \, of caudal \ of the total length. Height0of head -fa, of body j\ of the total length. Eyes not covered by skin. Diameter nearly | of length of head. |