18 MEGAPTBRA. BAL^NOPTERA. 



b. Me^aptera nodosa bellicosa Cope. 



Megaptera nodosa bellicosa Cope, Proc. Am. Phil. Soc, xii, 1870, 

 p. 103. Elliot, Mamm. Middle Amer. & W. Indies, F. C. M. 

 Pub., IV, Pt. I, 1904, p. 41, pis. IX, X, XI. Zool. Ser. 

 FiGHTixG Baleen Whale. 



Type locality. Vicinity of St. Bartholomew's Island, West Indies. 

 Geogr. Distr. Caribbean Sea, Gtilf of Mexico, South Atlantic. 



34. Megaptera versabilis Cope. 



Megaptera versabilis Cope, Proc. Acad. Nat. Scien. Phil., 1869, 

 p. 15. Elliot, Syn. N. Am. Mamm., F. C. M. Pub., 11, 1901, 

 p. 10. Id. Mamm. Middle Amer. & W. Indies, F. C. M. Pub., 

 IV, Pt. I, 1904, p. 41. Zool. Ser. 

 Mobile Baleen Whale. 



Type locality. Northwestern coast of North America. 

 Geogr. Distr. North Pacific Ocean to Alaska. 



Subfamily II. Balsenopterinse. Finback Whales. 

 Genus 18. Bal?enoptera. 



Balsnoptera Lac^p., Hist. Nat. Cet., 1804, pp. xxxvi-xxxvii, 

 114-141, pis. IV figs. I, 2, V fig. I, vi-viii. Type Balcetioptera 

 gibbar Desmoulins. 



Physalus Lacep., Hist. Nat. C^t., Ordres, Genres et Especes, 1804, 

 pp. XL, 219-226. 



Cetoptera Rafin., Analyse Nat., Adden., 1815, p. 219. 



Benedenia Gray, Proc. Zool. Soc, 1864, p. 211, figs. 16, 17. 



SibbcUdtis! Gray, Proc. Zool. Soc, 1864, p. 222. 



Sibbaldius Flower, Proc Zool. Soc, 1864, p. 391. 



Cuvierius Gray, Cat. Seals and Whales, 1866, pp. 114, 164; 1871, 



P- 54- 

 *Agaphelus Cope, Proc Acad. Nat. Scien. Phil., 1868, p. 223. 



35. Balsenoptera acuto-rostrata Lacdpede. 



BaUenoptera acuto-rostrata Lac^p., Hist. Nat. C^t., xii, i, 1803-4, 



p. 197, pi. 8. Elliot, Syn. N. Am. Mamm., F. C. M. Pub., 11, 



1901, p. 11, fig. 3. Zool. Ser. 

 Rorqualtis minor Knox, Jour. Inst., 1834, p. 336. 

 Agaplielus gibbosus Cope, Proc Acad. Nat. Scien. Phil., 1869, 



p. 15. (nee End.) Elliot, Syn. N. Am. Mamm., F. C. M. 



Pub., II, 1901, p. n. Zool. Ser. 



♦See True, Smith. Contr. Knowledge, xxxiii, 1904, p. 105. 



