30 Bean Descriptions of New Bermudian Fishes. 



Eye equal to snout, 4 in head ; head 3 J in total to end of scales ; depth 

 4. The pectoral reaches to eighth row of scales ; ventral about one-half 

 head, not reaching nearly to vent. 



Color in spirits : Brownish above middle line, paler below ; a short dark 

 stripe on snout in front of eye ; a narrow dark line from eye backward to 

 nape ; a second irregular line also from eye below this, and a third broken 

 line beginning behind eye and running toward origin of lateral line; a 

 small black dot in upper axil of pectoral. 



Iridio elegans. 



Four type specimens. Collector's numbers 703, 762, 767 ; Museum cat 

 alogue numbers 5129, 5130, 5131. Castle Harbor at Nonsuch Id. and 

 Cooper's Id. 



D. IX, 11 ; A. Ill, 12; scales, 2^-2^-9. 



Eye 1 in snout, 4 in head. Head 3] in total to end of scales. Depth 

 equal to head. Pectoral extends to tenth scale of transverse series ; ven 

 tral 2 head, not quite reaching vent. 



Colors in spirits: A narrow blue -line from angle of mouth to edge of 

 subopercle ; a wavy blue line starts near angle of mouth, runs under eye 

 and gently down toward upper axil of pectoral ; spots and broken lines of 

 blue behind eye and on nape ; five pale bars from edge of back downward 

 toward median line ; a large, diffuse black blotch on anterior half of soft 

 dorsal extending downward to lateral line; two smaller dark blotches 

 under last four dorsal rays ; an irregular dark blotch on root of caudal ; 

 three blue lines on body, the uppermost along lateral line, the others 

 below median line; three short, oblique blue lines in pectoral region. 



Iridio microstomus. 



A small individual, lj inches to base of caudal. Collector's number 541 ;' 

 Museum catalogue number 5138 ; belongs to the same group with /. meyeri, 

 having only two canines, projecting forward, in each jaw. 



D. IX, 11 ; A. Ill, 11 ; scales, 3-27-9. 



Mouth small, lips broad, covering the teeth. Maxilla scarcely reaching 

 front of eye. Head 3^, depth nearly 4 in total without caudal. Eye 3 in 

 head. Pectoral reaches to eighth scale of lateral line, ventral nearly as far, 

 but not nearly to vent. 



In spirits : A dark band from snout to eye and from eye to caudal ; a 

 small dark spot at base of last dorsal ray and in upper axil of pectoral ; a 

 narrow silvery streak limiting the lateral band above and meeting its fellow 

 of the opposite side in a V shape on top of snout. Back pale lemon overlaid 

 with dusky points ; below lateral band pale lemon yellow, lower half of head 

 and the abdominal region silvery ; caudal tinged with orange and with an 

 intense band of orange at base ; iris dusky, overlying pink and silver. 



Labrisomus lentiginosus. 



Type4J inches without caudal. Collector's number 500 ; Museum cata 

 logue number 5142 ; locality, tide pool at Doe's Rock, Paget Parish. Octo 

 ber 26,1905. 



