45 



ing in the šame great deep. The junction of the Dugongs and 

 Manatees witli the truc Whales cunnot therefore be admittcd in a 

 distribution of animals according to their organization. With much 

 superficial resemblance they have little real or organic resemblance 

 to the "VValrus, \vhich exhibits an extreme modification of the am- 

 phibious carnivorous type. I conclude, therefore, that the Dugong 

 and its congeners mušt either form a group apart, or be joined, as 

 in the classification of M. De Blainville, with the Pachyderms, ■vvith 

 which the herbivorous Cetacea have the nearest affinities, and to 

 ■vvhich they seem to have been more immediately linked by the now 

 lošt genus Deinotherium." 



Admeasurements. 



Zool. Soc, 

 No. 1. 

 1831. 



Zool. Soc. Zool. Soc. 



Female. 

 No. 2. 

 1831. 



Malė. 

 No. 3. 

 1838. 



9. 

 10. 

 11. 

 12. 

 13. 

 14. 

 13. 

 16. 

 17. 

 18. 

 19. 

 20. 

 21. 

 22. 

 23. 

 24. 

 25. 

 26. 



Totai length of the aniinal 



Greatest circuinference 



Length ofheadfrom nostrilsto occi- 



put 



Length of head from nostrils to end 



of snoiit 



Width of snout 



Depth of snont 



Length of chin 



Breadth of chin .. 



Distauce from nostrils to the eyes.. 



Distance fironi eyes to ears 



Distancefromeycf toflipper 



Length of the flippers 



Breadth of flippers 



Breadth across belly from fin to fin . 



Distance betneeu the mamnue 



Breadth of tail from tip to tip 



Circuniference of root of tail 



Distance from anus to centre of tail 



Distance from anus to penis 



Totai length of intestines 



Totai length of small \vith cneciim... 



Totai length of large 



Totai length of large ■vvith ceecum... 



From end of snout to flipper 



Circumference of neck 



Diameter of orifice of eve-lids 



ft. in. 

 8 6 

 6 O 



ft. 



O 

 O 

 O 



o 

 o 

 o 

 o 

 1 

 1 

 o 

 1 

 1 



2 



1 



2 



1 



115 



44 



72 



3^ 

 9 

 4 

 5 

 5 

 6 

 6 

 H 

 4 

 8 

 11 

 5 

 7 

 9 

 9 

 2 

 O 

 O 

 O 



5 



4 



4 



54 



5i 



\\h 



1 1 



O 

 1 

 1 

 2 

 1 

 2 



11 

 101 O 



37 O 



64 8 



65 2 



1 6 



2 9 

 O OJ 



ft. in. 

 6 10* 



O 3Ž 



10 o 



2 6 



27 6 

 50 O 



Some prepared specimens belonging to the genera Siphunculus 

 and Asterias, collected by Mr. Harvey upon the Devonshire coast, 

 and presented to the Society, were upon the table, to vvhich Mr. Owen 

 drew the attcntion of the Meeting. The Chairman read an extract 

 of a letter from the former gentleman, in -nhich he stated that a con- 

 siderable number of the Red-band Fish (Cepo/a rubescens) had been 

 picked up on the beach near Teignmouth. One of these specimens 

 sent by Mr. Harvey was exhibited by Mr. Yarrell, who observed 



