340 Dr. E. P. Wright on Lodoicea sechellarum. 
Copenhagen ; but unfortunately I am unable to state whether 
Danish or foreign measures have been employed. 
feet. inch. 
From the tip of the beak to the hindmost end of the blowers 3 0 
=“ ss »  thedorsal fin 12 10 
“notch of the tail ........ Te viel 
From the tip of the beak to a line supposed to be drawn 
between the points of the flukes of the tail .......... dtteye ells 
From the notch in the tail to the anus................ 5 8 
a uy bei t SOO HUST Siege ean om E ra (Se dis: 
5 extumbilicalucord.... 4 «6.6 7 5 
From the tip of the beak to the pectoral tin’ 2c see 5 0 
- - BY Spee es reate es ateeteo peepee aimless 
es ear-opening!’ 0)... en 4 12 
Rent near ae blowers: eye cc tae teceiein sce cea aie ee 0 oe 
Distance between the blowers behind ................ Ores. 
aa tironty ds.) ee ce oer eet 0 O32 
Length ‘of the dorsal finsalong the backs he ert oe £1 
Height of-thedorsal sin Pontes c eh cee Ca hpoatin eae Ov, 43 
ihenethvot ithe pectoral finy-.5i.\.c 6M. i eye cere eleve poh eyes ENS) 
Greatest breadth of the pectoral fin )..2)... 2.0.4. fe... 0 2 
Distance between the points of the flukes of the tal .... 3 3 
Girth of the head in the middle between the eye and the 
COOP OMIM MMe me Res pts Oe de eae ote rome cs SiG asp neprsaeees 7 2s 
Girth of the body across the pectoral fins ............ 7 0 
5 at bie wanrbiicalveordy pic ko .6 ot een ate 67,6 
33 ae | OS) a ee aa me a TE ON ge 5 66d 
af = ANUS! Baik adsl. eee tse oe i 
just’ before ‘the tail) 205 Ae eee 2d 
Perpendicular diameter of the body at the pectoral fins .. 2 8 
Thesameert tae umbilicalvcord: |. 02. 22 kt ste re ener 2p oe 
The same, at the anterior edge of the dorsal fin and anus 1 9% 
The same, at the posterior edge of the dorsal fin........ Lah 
Behe sane. .at) the paseo the: tails. <../«<s aw aneets oe ote fie 2) 
Number of furrows in the belly between the pectoral fins 66 
Ditto beneath the place where the ear-openings are found 82 
XL.—WNotes on the Lodoicea sechellarum, Labdill. By Ep- 
WARD PercevAL WricHt, M.D., F.L:8., Professor of 
Zoology, Trinity College, Dublin. 
In June 1867 I was invited, by Swinburn Ward, Esq., H.M. 
Civil Commissioner for the Seychelles Islands, to accompany 
him on a tour of inspection around the Island of Praslin. I 
was at that time engaged in exploring the forests of Mahé, the 
largest and most populous island of the group ; but anxious to 
visit the native island of the well-known ‘ Coco de mer,” I at 
