3l8 MAMMALIA. 



Genus NEOMERIS. 



Neomeris, Gray Zool. Erebus and Terr., p. 30 (1846). 



Neomeris phocaenoides. 



Delphinus phocaenoides, G. Cuvier Reg. Anim,, 2nd ed., i, p. 291 (1829)*. 

 Delphinus melas, Temminch and Schlegel Faun. Jap. Mamm., p. 14, pb 



XXV, xxvi (1850). 

 Neomeris phocaenoides, Gray Zool. Erebus and Terr., p. 30 (1846) ; 



Blyth y. A. S. B., xxix, p. 449 ; id. Cat. no. 272, p. 89 ; Flower P. Z, S., 



1883, p. 506. 

 Delphinapterus molagan, Owen Trans. Zool. Soc, vi, p. 24 (1869), 



Dtstribulion. — Is recorded from the seas of Japan, the Bay of 

 Bengal and the Cape of Good Hope. 



A second species from Karachi harbour which, however, does 

 not seem to differ in any essential manner from the present species, 

 has been described by Murray (Ann. Mag. N. H. (5), xiii, p. 348) 

 under the name of Neomeris kurrachiensis, (see also J. Bomb. N. 

 H Soc, i, p. 159, with plate). 



c. Skeleton $ Bay of Bengal Calcutta Bazaar [P.] A.S.B. 



b. Stuffed No history. 



Genus ORCELLA. 



Orcealla, Gray Cat. Seals and Whales, p. 285 (1866). 

 Orcella, Anderson P. Z. S., p. 142 (1871). 



Synopsis of the two Indian Species. 



a. Dorsal fin lower and more falcate ; pectoral fins shorter and 

 broader. O. brevirostris, p. 318. 



a^. Dorsal fin higher and less falcate ; pectoral fin longer and 

 narrower; skin marked with streaks. 



O. fluminalis, p. 319. 



Orcella brevirostris. 



Globiocephalus indicus, [pt.], apud Blyth J. A. S. B., xxi, p. 358 (1852); 



id. J. A. S.B., xxviii, p. 490; id. Cat, no. 274, p. 89 ; Jerdon Mammals, 



no. 146, p. 160. 

 Phocaena brevirostris, Owen Trans. Zool. Soc, vi, p. 24, pi. ix, figs, i, 2, 3 



(1866), 

 Orca (Orcaella), brevirostris, Gray Cat. Seals Whales B. M.,p. 285 (1866). 

 Orcella brevirostris, Anderson P. Z. S., p. 143 (1871) ; id. Anat. Zool. Res., p. 



369, pi. XXV, etct.; Flower P. Z. S., 1883, p. 507 ; id. List Cetacea, B, M., 



p. '7. 



