GLOBICEPHALUS MELAS. 

 I'ahle of measurements — Continued. 



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Least, t Rudiraontary alveoli closed. * Rudimentary a!\-ooli open. ^Occipital sutures distinct. 



15. GLOBICEPnALUS Lessou. 



{Glohicephala Lessou, Mainiu. clecouverts clepnis 1788, 1828, p. 441.) 



GLOBICEPHALUS MELAS (Traill). 



Dephinus melax, Traill, NichoLson's Journal, xxii, 1809, p. 81, pi. 3. 



Delphinus glohlceps, Cuvier, Ann. Mus. d'Hist. uat., xix, 1812, p. 14, PI. i, 2 figs. 



Globiocephalas Svincval, Gray, Zool. Erebus & Terror, 1846, p. 32. 



Delphinus intermedins, Harlan, Jouru. Acad. Nat. Sci. Pbila., vi, 1829, p. 51, PI. 



I, fig. 3. 

 ? Globioccphalus a^nis, Gray, Zool. Erebus & Terror, 1846, p. 32. 

 Globiocephalas EdwnrdsU, A. Siuitb, African Zoology. 



Globiociphalu.s iucrassatiis, Gray, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 186], p. 309, 1 fig. 

 S2)harocephahts incrassatus, Gray, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 18G4, p. 244 ; Catalogue, 



1866, p. 324. 



Traill's concise description and generally accurate figure leave no 

 doubt whatever as to the identity of his Delphinus melm. Gray was 

 surely at fault in employing Lacepede's name, Catodon ISiuneval, since 

 the only part of the latter's description which is diagnostic in no way 

 applies to the blackfish. 



The generally accepted opinion that the blackfish of the northeastern 

 coast of ^orth America, the Delphinus intermedius of Harlan, is identical 

 with the Glohicephalus melas of European waters, seems to rest upon an 

 excellent basis. Harlan's species was described from a specimen from 



