262 DEIPHINID^. 



n. Beak short ; of skull very broad, shelvimj on the sides. 31axilla shelving 

 orer the orbits. Teeth |A or |^. Eutropia. 



Eutropia, Grai/, P. Z. S. 18G2, 145. 



9. Tursio Eutropia, The Eutropia. 



Nose of skull rather longer than the length of the brain-cavity, 

 slightly dilated on the sides before the notch, very convex and rounded 

 above. Triangle elongate, produced in front of the teeth-line, concave 

 on the sides and strongly keeled in the centre behind ; hinder edge 

 of blowhole prominent. Intermaxillaries wide, convex above, leaving 

 a broad open space in front. Lower jaw thick, blunt, and produced 

 beyond the upper in front. Skull compressed behind. Palate con- 

 cave in front, convex in the centre behind, and keeled on each 

 side. Teeth |-|, slender, cylindrical, conical at the top. The frontal 

 ridge half the distance between the notch on the convexity of the 

 condyles. Condyles large, oblique. Foramen magnum wider than 

 high. 



Delphinus Eutropia, GrriT/, P. Z. S. 1849, 1 ; Ami. ^- May. N. H. v. 

 1850, 48 ; Zool. Erehis &■ Terror, t. 34, ined. (skull) ; Cut. Cetac. 

 B. M. 1850, 111. 



a. Skull. Pacific Ocean. Chili. From Dr. Dickie's Collection. 



in. lin. 



Skull : Length, entire 15 



Length from notch 10 



Length of beak 7 10 



Length of teeth-line 6 10 



Length of lower jaw 11 11 



Width at notch 3 6 



Width at orbit 6 5 



Width at middle of beak 2 10 



Width, middle intermaxillaries 1 3 



Width of condyle above 3 3 



Height of each condyle 1 3 



10. Tursio Catalania. 



Delphinus Catalania, Gray, P. Z. S. 1862, 144. 



Inhab. North-west coast of Australia, Cape MelviUe. 



a, h. Skulls. Collected by Mr. John Macgniivra3\ 



These skulls were accompanied by the following notes : — 

 " The larger of the two skulls belonged to an individual killed off 

 Cape Melville (within the Great Barrier lieefs), north-cast coast of 

 Australia, Sept. 5, 1860. It was a female, 7| feet in length ; and 

 from it were taken two foetuses, each 10 inches in length. The adult 

 was of a very light lead- colour above and on the sides, gradually 

 passing into the dirty leaden Avhite of the lower parts, which were 

 covered (as also the tlipj)erK) with longitudinally elongated blotches 

 of dark lead-colour. 



