1903.] Hay, Cretaceous Fishes from Mount Lebanon, Syria. ^0\ 



shagreen scales on the border. Some of these scales are also 

 stellate. 



There are some indications of gill arches and of the base of 

 the pectoral fin, but they are not distinct enough for descrip- 

 tion. On the right side is seen the outline of the mouth, and 

 a few small teeth appear. 



This specimen was collected at Hajula. 



Named in honor of Solomon, king, philosopher, poet, and 

 naturalist. "And he spake of trees from the cedar that is in 

 Lebanon even unto the hyssop that springeth out of the wall ; 

 he spake also of beasts and of fowl and of creeping things and 

 of fishes." 



Sclerorh3mchus hiram, sp. no v. 

 Plate XXVI, Figure i. 



The type of this species consists of the head, with probably 

 most of the rostrum, the pectoral fans, and the anterior por- 

 tion of the vertebral column. Its number is 4501 (3705), and 

 it was collected at Hajula. 



The extremity of the rostrum is missing. The portion 

 present extends 103 mm. in front of the mouth. The form of 

 the rostrum corresponds quite accurately to that of 5. atavus. 

 From the latter species 5. hiram is to be distinguished prin- 

 cipally by the size and structure of the teeth of the rostrum. 

 Those of 5. ataviis reach a length, according to Dr. Wood- 

 ward's figure (Cat. Foss. Fishes, I, 1889, pi. iii, fig. i), of 

 7 mm. ; and there are not more than 4 of them in a length of 

 10 mm. In 5. hiram they are not more than 3 mm. long, and 

 about 8 of them are found in a distance of 10 mm. 



In 5. atavus each rostral tooth is said to comprise "a high, 

 round base, crimped, and having a somewhat stellate ap- 

 pearance when viewed from beneath; upon this is fixed a 

 backwardly directed crown, compressed to an anterior and 

 posterior edge." In 5. hiram each enameled crown is fixed on 

 a high, round base, but this base is not crimped, but perfectly 

 smooth, and no evidences have been observed of any stellate 

 appearance. Each crown is curved, but, in addition to this, 



