SOTALIA. 325 



Delphinus frontatus (pt.), G. Cuvier Oss. foss., 2nd ed., v., pt. i, p. 278, 



pi. xxi, figs. 7, 8 (1823)*. 

 StenoF frontatus, GrayZool. Ereb. mid Terr., p. 43 (1846) ; Blyth Cat, no. 282, 



p. 91. 

 Stenp rostratus, 5/yif/r J. A. S. 5., xxviii, p. 491 (1859); Flower P. Z. S., 



1883, p. 513 ; id. List Cetacea B. M., p. 31. 



Distribution. — The Indian Ocean including the Red Sea and 

 Bay of Bengal, the Southern Atlantic and Paciiic Oceans. 



a. Skull Red Sea J. Owen, 1844, A.S.B. 



b. Skull Nicobar Isles, Bay of H. Lewis, 1846, A.S.B. 



Bengal. 



c. Skull "Calcutta Bazaar" J, Armstrong. 



Genus SOTALIA. 



Sotalia, Gray Cat. Seals and Whales, p. 393 (1866). 



Sotalia gadamu. 



Delphinus (Steno) gadamu, Owen Trans. Zool. Soc, vi, p. 17, pi. iii, figs. 



1-2, pi. iv, figs. i-S (i866). 

 Sotalia gadamu, F/owf'f F. Z. 5"., p. 513 (1883); id. List Cetacea B. M., 



p. 33- 



Distribution. — Indian Seas (Vizagapatam and Karachi). 



The teeth of the specimen catalogued below are about 33 in 

 number, while those of the type of S. gadamu are rather fewer, 

 being only 27-28. 



a. Skull, no 



lower jaw No history, A.S.B. 



Sotalia plumbea. 



Delphinus plumbeus, G. Cuvier Reg, Anim.y 2nd ed., i, p. 283 (1829)*; Jerdon 



Mamm., no. 143, p. 157; Murray Zool- Sind, p. 39. 

 Sotalia plumbea, Flower List Cetacea B. M., p. 32 (1885). 



Distribution. — Is recorded from the Malabar Coast and from 

 Sind. 



[No specimen in the Indian Museum.] 



Sotalia lentigenosa. 



Delphinus (Steno ?) lentigenosus, Owen Trans. Zool. Soc, vi, p. 20, pi. v, 



figs. 2, 3 (1866) ; Sterndale J. Bomb. N. H. Soc., ii, p. 51. 

 Sotalia lentigenosa, Flower List Cetacea B. M., p. 33 (1885). 



Distribution. — Bay of Bengal (Vizagapatam, Elliot). 

 [No specimen in the Indian Museum.] 



