276 Transactions.— Zoology. 
The second and larger specimen (B) is 18 in. long, and far brighter 
coloured than the first. Head above and back dark olive green, which is also 
the colour of the lateral line; middle portions of cheeks and side white ; 
throat and addomen pink ; anal fin pink ; pectoral fin above dark olive, centre 
white, below pink, corresponding to position of colours of the body ; dorsal fin 
white, with dark olive green rays and fringe ; caudal above and below dark 
olive green, centre white, fringed below with pink. 
Besides in the colour there are some minor points of difference between 
the two specimens, such as form of the operculum, so that possibly they might 
represent two distinct species, in which case I would propose for the latter the 
name of Leptoscopus tricolor. 
NoroTHENIA MAORIENSIS.* sp. nov. 
Maori Chief. 
D. 3/29; A. 23; V.6; L lat. 58. 
Length of the head one-fourth of the total, of which the height of the body 
is one-sixth ; total length 17 in. ; eyes slightly directed upwards ; the upper 
surface of head is flat and granulated ; suborbital space, upper portion of 
preoperculum and operculum covered with scales, the two latter naked below. 
The lateral line stops in a vertical line with the root of the last dorsal spine, 
whilst its lower continuation begins again under the twenty-sixth dorsal spine, 
so that the latter overlaps the upper one. 
The whole rays of the pectorals are branched; colour black, with the 
exception of the abdomen, which is light grey, the sides shading off gradually 
into that colour ; rays black ; membrane brownish grey. 
Caught near Lyttelton harbour, where, according to the fisherman who 
brought it, it is very seldom seen. The dark colour and the peculiar 
expression of the face has given rise to the popular name of Maori Chief, 
which has suggested to me the proposed specifie designation. 
Bowenia.t gen. nov. 
Eyes on the right side, the lower rather in advance; mouth unsymmetrical, 
narrower on the right side than on the left, the length of the left maxillary 
being one-fourth of that of the head ; teeth villiform on the blind side only 
where they form bands ; dorsal and anal rays entire, with the exception of the 
few largest ones, which are slightly divided ; dorsal and anal fins scaleless ; 
the dorsal fin commences on the extremity of the snout and is not continued 
on to the caudal ; the two ventrals are conjoined at the junction with the 
* Capt. Hutton iders this to be the same fish as No. 39, “Cat. N.Z. Fishes.” Ed. 
+ So named in honour of his Excellency Sir George Bowen, G.C.M.G., Governor of 
New Zealand. 
