236 DKLPHIUID^. 



as the Steno attenuatus, but the Museum copy of Schreber does not 

 contain the plate referred to. 



There is a skull in the Museum of the Asiatic Society of Calcutta 

 which seems to be that of Steno attenuatus, being probably that 

 mentioned as " a Dolphin foimd near the Isle of France " (Asiatic 

 Researches, xii. App. xxvii.). Lower jaw 14 inches. Teeth ^. 

 And another lower jaw, " from the high seas," with series of 38 

 teeth, presented by Mr. C. Harvey (Joum. As. Soc. s. 737). Also 

 two skulls, toothless, wanting the lower jaw, with series of 39 teeth- 

 sockets. Length 15 and Ib^ inches. AU these would appear to be 

 the same. — Dlytli, V. c. 



A left ramus of the lower jaw with series of 43 teeth, in the 

 same museum, is vertically much deeper at the symphysis, and un- 

 doubtedly appertains to a distinct species. — Blyth. 



Captain Jethro Fairweather presented to the Museum of the 

 Asiatic Society of Calcutta a skull of a small but not young Steno, 

 which seems to be St. attenuatus, Gray. It was procured not far 

 from the Sand-heads, out of an innumerable herd of them, " as far 

 as the eye could reach in aU directions," and was of a palish lead- 

 colour. Not therefore, however, the DelpMnvs Malayanus, var. plum- 

 heus, which is a much larger species common in the bay. Teeth 



39 . 40 T>1 j7 



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Major R. C. Tyler has also sent to the same museum a skuU taken 

 west of the Cape of Good Hope, which agrees, or very nearly so, 

 with the two heads minus the teeth, and the lower jaw, mentioned 

 before. — Blyth. 



6. Steno? brevimanns. 

 Blackish, rather paler below. 



Delphinus brevimanns (D. a petit pectoral), Piicheran, Voy. Dumont 



(fVrville, t. 21. f. 2, t. 23. f . 7 & 8 (skull). 

 Delphinus ? microbrachium, Gray, Cat. Cetac. B, M. 1850, 119, from 



Piicheran. 



The skull named DaujjJiin a petit pectoral in the Paris Museum 

 has the palate flat, rather convex behind. Triangle extended rather 

 in front of the teeth-Kne. Teeth l^. Nose narrowed in front, 

 three-fifths the length, and twice and three-fourths the length of the 

 breadth at the notch. Lower jaw slender in front. Nasal rather 

 high and convex. It may be a Steno. 



Inhab. Banda, Singapore. 



7. Steno Tncuxi. 



Dark blackish or fuscous. Nose of the skull depressed at the base, 

 convex and attenuated at the tip, rather (one-fifteenth) longer than 

 the length of the head, nearly three times as long as the width at 

 the notch. Frontal triangle elongate, continued considerably iu 

 front of the line of the notch. Teeth ^^, slender, conical. Lower 



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