O STUDIES OF TASMANIAN OETACEA, 



sixth himbar has been reached, eventually ending, in fofo, 

 at the ninth vertebra from the candal extremity. The 

 maniis is wider than that of such dolphins as Globiceplia- 

 lus and Tursiops, and the longest finger only develops 

 seven phalanges, instead of eighteen, as in the case of 

 Glohirep/ia/us. The ossicles present are apparently the 

 following : — 



Proximal row — Scaphoid. Lunare. Cuneiform. 

 Distal row — Trapezoid. Magnum. Unciform. 



In each hand the cuneiform is closely attached by 

 immersed cartilage, to the ulna, and as the whale was im- 

 mature it might have ankylosed later in life had the ani- 

 mal continued to live. 



Pseud area rrassidens. 

 Comporative skulls of well authenticated specimens. 



