98 BALiENID^. 



of the Asiatic Society of Calcutta. Probably from the coast of India." 

 —Blyth. 



What is Balcena indica, Blyth, Joixrn. Asiat. Sec. xxviii. 488 ; Cat. 

 Mus. As. See. Beng. 93? — Inhab. Indian Ocean; Bay of Bengal. 

 Arabian Sea, occasionally entering the Persian Gulf. 



Chamisso figures a species of Whalebone Whale as Balcena Kiilio- 

 moch, found in the Aleutian seas, from a wooden model made by the 

 Aleutians (see N. Act. Nat. Cur. t. 17. f. 1). It is noticed as B. C«- 

 lummal- by Pallas (Zool. Ilosso-Asiat. i. 288). 



3. HUNTERIUS. 



Ribs 15.15; fii'st double-headed, the rest single-headed. Tympanic 

 bone rhombic, nearly like that of Balcena. Head large, forming 

 above one-fourth of the entire length of the adult. 



Hunterius, Gray, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1864 ; Ann. ^- Mag. Nat. Hist. 1864, 

 xiv. 349. 



The first rib very broad, with two heads, attached to the transverse 

 processes of the first and second dorsal vertebrae ; the sternal end 

 deeply cut out. The first four cervical vertebrse soldered together, 

 the second and third with lateral processes beneath. Vertebrae 55 

 (or 57) : dorsal 16; lumbar 8; caudal 24 ; scapula, atlas, and cer- 

 vical vertebra? ? The tympanic bone like that of Balcena and 



Eubalcena. 



Baleen elongate, thick ; enamel coat thin, the central fibres coarse, 

 forming a rather rigid fringe. 



" Total number of vertebra? 57 or 58. Pairs of ribs 15. Head less 

 than one-third of the total length of the body. Nasal bones short 

 and broad ; orbital processes of the frontal moderately long, and 

 widening considerably at their outer extremity, directed horizontally 

 outwards. First five cervical vertebra? only anchylosed (?). Baleen- 

 plates moderately long, and broad at the base." — Flower, P. Z. S. 

 1864, 390. 



1. Hunterius Temminckii. 



Balaena australis, Tenini. Fauna Japon. t. 28 & 29. 

 Balfena Mysticetus antarctica, ScJiIcgel, Ahhnmll. 1841, 37. 

 Hunterius Temminckii, Gray, Ann. S^- Mag. N. H. 1864, xiv. 349. 



Inhab. Cape of Good Hope (HorstocJc). Skeleton of young animal 

 (and skull of adult ?), Mus. Leyden. 



" It does not quite attain to the size of Greenland Right WTiales. 

 The head is proportionally smaller (taking up only a fourth of the 

 entire length of the animal), but it becomes wider near the eyes. 

 The snout is broader, with a hard elevation near the front part, 

 slightly humped at the point. Upper jaw along the posterior part 

 of the angle of the mouth much deeper downwards, and arching 

 from the outside. Whiskers somewhat shorter. Pectoral fins a 

 trifle longer, and more firmly spined at the point. Caudal fins not 

 so deeply incised. The white of the underside limited to only a 



