12 PHTSETEKTD,^. — PLATANISTID^, 



4. Mesoplodon hectori. 



Berardius hectori, Gray, Ann. ^- Man. N. H. (ser. 4) viii. p. 117 



(1871). 

 Mesoplodon knoxi, Hector, Trans. N, Z. hist. v. p. 167 (1873). 



a. Skull ; young. (1677 6—76. 2. 16. 3.) 



Titai Bay, Cook Strait, ]S"ew Zealand, January 18GG. 



Colonial Museum, Wellington [E.]. 

 Tj'pe of species. 



Skull figured by Hector, Trans. N. Z. Inst. iii. (1870) pis. xiv. 

 & XV., and by Flower, Trans. Z. S. x. pis. ixxi. <fe ixxii. 



Of uncertain Species. 



a. Waterworn terminal fragment of the rostrum of a Mesoplodon. 

 New Zealand. Dr. Hector, 1876. 



/3. Tooth of a Mesoplodon. (76. 2. 16. 13.) 



Chatham Island. From the Colonial Museum, 



Wellington, New Zealand. 



6. BERARDIUS. 



Berardius, Duvernoy, Ann. Sci. Nat. 3^ ser. Zoohgie, xv. p. 41 

 (1851). 



1. Berardius arnuxii. 



Berardius arnuxii, Duvernoy, lac. cit. p. 52. 



a. A tooth. (76. 2. 16, 14.) 



Chatham Island. From the Colonial Museum, 



Wellington, New Zealand. 



Family II. PLATANISTID^E. 



Subfamily PLATANISTIN^. 



1. PLATANISTA. 



Platanista, Wagler, Nat. Syst. Amph. Sfc. p. 35 (1830). 



1. Platanista gangetica. 



Delpliinus gangeticus, Leheck, Neue Schrift. Ges. nat. Freunde Berl. 

 iii. p. 280 (1801). 



rt. Stuffed specimen ; young. 



