4. xuRsio. 261 , 



Gruissau in the Mediterranean. — Gervais, Comptes Eemlits, 28 Nov. 

 18G4, 876 ; A^iii. 6f Mag. N. H. 1865, xv. 76. 



7. Txirsio Abusalam. The Ahnsalam. 



Black, belo-w wliite, with small dark spots ; teeth |-f— |^. Nose 

 of skull in length about five-ninths of total, twice and a haK its 

 width at the notch. Intermaxillary bones very convex, forming a 

 strong ridge on each side. Lower jaw tapering in front. 



Delpliinus abusalam, Eiq)p. 3Ius. Smick. 1842, t. 12. f. 1, 2, 3 ; Gray, 



Zoul. Erehm ^- Terror, 38 ; Cat. Cctac. B. M, 1850, 111. 

 Tm-siops aduncus, Gervais, Mamm. 323^__^ 



Inhab. Eed Sea. 



Only known from Dr. Riippell's description and figure. It has ^ /)// ffL 

 been said to be the same as JJ. Tursio, but it ajjpears to be different. , ^ 



Delpliinus aduncxis, Hempr. & Ehrenb. Sym. Phys. ii. (Beak de- h ?(^ /, ^ ^ 

 pressed, elongate ; teeth f4, conical, strong. Inhab. Island of Bel- 

 hosse), is perhaps the same as the former. 



8. Tursio Eurynome. The Enrynome. 



SkuU roundish ; nose thick, broad, rounded above ; intermaxil- 

 larics rather convex, one-half as wide as maxillaries ; nose one-third 

 longer than the length of the head (or contained four times and 

 one-seventh in the entire length), twice and one-third the width at 

 the notch ; hinder edge of blower largely tubercular ; teeth |^, 

 moderate, cylindrical, rather curved, acute. 



Delpliinus Eurynome, Grai/, Cat. Ost. B. M. 143 ; Znol. JEreb. ii' Terr, 

 38. t. 17 (skull) ; Cat. C'etac. B. M. 1850, 112 ; Bhjth, Jmtrn. Asiat. 

 Soc. Beng. 1800, 202. 



Inhab. Bay of Bengal {Blyth). 

 a. Skull. Figured in ' Voy. Erebus arid Terror,' t. 17. 



in. lin. 



Skull : Length, entire 22 



Length of head 9 1 



Length of nose 12 3 



Length of teeth-line 10 



Length of lower jaw IS 



"Width at temples 11 



Width at notch 5 4 



Width at middle of beak 3 6 



The skull of this species is most like D. Tursio ; but the nose is 

 one-fourth longer than the length of the head, slenderer, and more 

 rounded, and the teeth smaller. 



