1. MEGAPTERA. 



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pierced with a large central perforation ; in another adult specimen 

 of the same species it is imperforate. 



Fig. 14. 





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Megapteva longimana. Escitr. Nordhv. t. 3. f. 2. 



1. Megaptera longimana. Johnston's Humphached Whale. 



Black : pectoral fin and beneath white, black varied ; lower lip 

 with two series of tubercles ; pectoral nearly one-third of the entire 

 length ; dorsal elongate, the front edge over end of pectoral ; throat 

 and belly grooved. 



Female : upper and lower lip with a series of tubercles ; dorsal an 

 obscure protuberance. — Johnston, Trans. Sewc. N. H. Sac. t. 1. 



? Balfena niusculus, Ascan. Icon. Rer. Nat. iii. t. 26, cop. Bonnat. C6t. 



E. M. t. 371 ; Schreb. Siiugeth. t. 335. 

 ? Balfena Boops (Keporkak), O. Fahr. Faun. Groenl. 36? (not Linn.) ; 



TurtoH, Brit. Fauna, 16; Kikson, Skand. Fauna, 639. 

 Keporkak, Lanohaandede Finhval, or Balaena Boops, Eschricht, K. 



Damke Vid. 'Sehkahs Afh. 1845, xi. 230. t. 1, 3, 4. 

 Kypliobalrena (Boops), Eschricht, Nord. WalUhiere, 1849. 

 K ypliobalnsna longimana, Van Bonedcn. 

 K\])hobalwna Boops, Eschricht, Nord. WaUthiere, 1849. 

 Bakena longimana, Rudolphi, Mem. Acad. Berl. 1829, 133. t. 12 (mas), 



cop. Brandt i^- Batzcburff, t. 15. f. 2. 

 Balienoptera longimana, Jiapp, Cetac. 35. 

 Whale, Johnston, Trans. Netccastle N. S. Soc. i. 6. t. 1 (female, on 



back). 

 Megaptera longimana, Gra)/, Zool. E. Sf T. 17 ; Proc. Zool. Soc. 1847, 



92 ; Cat. Cetac. B. M. ; Proc. Zool. Soc. 1864, 207. f. 5, 6, 7 ; Ann. ^■ 



Mar/. N. II. 18(i4, xiv. 3.'30. 

 Megaptcron longimana, Gray, Zool. E. ^- T. 51 ; Proc. Zool. Soc. 1847, 



89. 



Inhab. North Sea; month of the Maese {lludolijhi). Newcastle 

 (Joh)istoa). 



a. Stuffed specimen, young. Greenland. Professor Eschricht's Col- 

 lection, as Mc(jai>teron Boops, llschricht. 



