Bean — Description of New Fishes of Bermuda . 125 



L. L. Mowbray on Argus bank, April 6, 1908, from the stomach of a rock 

 iish. It is in tlic Museum of the Bermuda Natural History Society. 



This species is named for Louis Septeme Mowbray, the youngest 

 chthyologist of my acquaintance. 



Pseudoscarus plumbeus sp. now 



The type specimens of this parrot lish are in the Museum of the Ber- 

 muda Natural History Society. Length of types, 16 inches and 18 inches. 

 The specimens described were collected by L. L. Mowbray on the North 

 Shore, within the reefs, August, 1911. The species was first obtained 

 here in 1909. 



Head 3 ; depth 2%; eye 4 in snout (obliquely), 8)4 in head; snout 

 2%; inter orbital width 2%; preorbital 4; pectoral 1%; ventral \}4', 

 caudal \%. 



D. IX, 10; A. II, 10; scales 2-25-6. 



No canine teeth; lower jaw included when mouth is closed; lateral 

 line interrupted one scale behind end of soft dorsal, lower branch begin- 

 ning under 9th ray of dorsal, piercing 7 scales; pores of lateral line much 

 branched. Six scales on nape in front of dorsal, the third one much the 

 the largest; ."> rows of scales on cheeks, the lower row containing only 

 one scale; 18 scales along base of dorsals forminga somewhat conspicuous 

 sheath for the fins ; 11 scales along anal base also forming a low sheath. 

 Outer caudal rays somewhat produced; inner rays with a convex outline. 



Color purplish brown in life; chin, upper lip and lower part of opercle 

 and suhopcrcle vivid, greenish blue becoming emerald green in spirits; 

 nape with bluish green ; a spot of bluish green at insertion of first dorsal ; 

 a few scales on sides with similar green ; margin of dorsal and anal, tips 

 of caudal, upper ray of pectoral and first ray of ventral with a narrow 

 stripe of bluish given. 



Pontinus microlepis sp. nov. 



A Pontinus related to P. beanorum and P. macrolepis, differing from 

 these in its small scales and other characters, was obtained by Mr. L. L. 

 Mowbray in Bermuda several years ago. 



The length of the single individual taken is nine inches; depth two 

 and one-fonrth inches; head three and one-half inches. 



I). XII, 10; A. 111,5; P.17; V.I, 5; scales 7-48-14 (pores about 33). 



Head2i; depth 3^ ; eye 4%; snout 3^. 



The maxilla reaches almost to below hind margin of eye. Mandible 

 slightly projecting, with a slight knob closing into an interspace between 

 the intermaxillaries. Interorbital width :'» in snout. Top of snout and 

 top of head with a few weak scales; rest of head scaly; maxilla naked. 



Base of pectoral as wide as the eye is long, 7th and 8th rays from bot- 

 tom the longest, ?>% in length to caudal base, extending to below I lth 

 spine of dorsal, and midway between vent and anal origin. 



The ventral reaches nearly to vent, % as lon^r as head. Fourth dorsal 

 spine longest, equal to snout; 1st spine 2 in snout; 11th slightly longer 



