320 GLOBIOCEPHALIDxE. 



4. Globiocephalus Edwardsii. 



" Head large and clumsy, rounded on the upper surface, and ter- 

 minating in front by a short, pointed snout. Teeth jl^. Eyes 

 situated a little above the angle of the mouth. Dorsal fin long, 

 pointed, slightly curved backwards, and situated nearly midway 

 between head and tail. Pectoral fins narrow, pointed; caudal fin 

 deeply and widely notched, opposite termination of vertebral column, 

 Coloiu" black ; sides, throat, and upper part of the body towards the 

 tail black ; belly and sides white. Length, entire, 12^ ; circumference 

 in front of dorsal 6| ; tail, wide, 2| feet. 

 ^^. , ' Phocffina Edwardsii, A. Smith, African Zoology, 127. 



"^-i " Inhab. Seas about the Cape of Good Hope." 



,' ; Sir Andrew Smith observes, " For the description and a drawing 



of this sj)ecies I am indebted to M. E. Yerreaux, who some time ago 

 had a good opportunity of examining a specimen which had been cast 

 ashore near Slangkop." Sir Andrew Smith has kindly given me this 

 drawing; it is very like Globiocephalus Svineval of the European 

 seas. 



See also " PJioccena globiceps," A. Smith, African Zool. 126. 



Inhab. South-east coast of Africa (A. Smith). 



" I am unable to state the number of teeth, as the specimen I 

 possess is young." — A. Smith, I. e. 127. 



.^_ _^. ,Jiatia ,K H-^^^l C^H^ 



= E^4'ur/iL^ Bfilphinus Victorini, 'drill (Svenska Vetensk. Hand. 18G0 ; Arch. Na- 



t^.^j^'^'Ui^ tn^ \irff. xxvii. 1861, 114) ? 



ScJiA-t'. A "iT Blow-%ole crescent-shaped. Black above, white below, both colours 



' / ' ' being separated by an arched line running from the angle of the 



'Ju'i.d^ . mouth to tlie pectoral fin, and thence a2)proaching the median line, 



jJij^tA^^^ili SO that the lines of both sides are distant from each other only 1 to 



'^a^f'- /^ 7(4 3 ^ ^^^^ ^^ theVegion of the navel; they are confluent at an acute 



angle behind toe vent. The lower siu-face of the caudal fin white ; 



a white stripe, SVeet long and 4 to 5 inches broad, commences a few 



inches above the eVes. Length 19 feet (Swedish). 



Inhab. Cape of (^od Hope. Discovered by Victorin 



^ , y • ' f b. Black, or 07ily rathm- paler beneath. 



!^)*^ ' 5. Globiocephalus macrorhynchus. The South-Sea Blachjish. 



Uniform black. Nose of skull short and broad, rounded in front, 

 nearly as broad in the middle as at the preorbital notch. Teeth 

 subcylindrical, |-. Lower jaw rounded in front. Length 16, rarely 

 20 feet. 



Globiocephalus macrorhynchus, Gray, Zool. Ereb. Sf Terrm; 33 ; Cat, 



Cetac. B. M. 1850, 90. 

 Killer or BlacMsh, J. Bennett, MS. Mus. Coll. Surg. 

 Blackfish of South Sea Whalers (Phocffiua, sp,), Bennett, Whaling 



Voyage, ii. 233. fig. 



