On the Canal- System in Foramimfera. 305 



The brain-case is one third the length of the skull. The 

 baleen slightly longer than broad, black on outside edge, 

 shading to pure white inside the mouth. Width of base 

 2 feet 6 inches. 



The following measurements were obtained : — 



ft. in. 



Total length 70 



Total length of skeleton 67 3 



Length of head 19 



Lower jaw 17 



Occiput to last rib 14 



Last rib to first caudal (i. e. vertebra with chevron bone) 16 



Caudal series of vertebrae 18 3 



Length of bones in the paddles, from the glenoid cavity 8 6 



Width across phalanges 1 3 



Distance from anus to tip of tail 17 



(Penis 3 feet in front of anus.) 



Tip of tail to hump 18 



Height of hump 2 



Length of base of hump 1 



Length of shoulder-blade 5 9 



Height 2 10 



Fifteen ribs, longest 10 feet. 



Stomach contained a quantity of stones. Colour black 

 above, and yellow on the belly. 



Note hy Dr. J. E. Gray, F.R.S. &c. 



This is evidently not only a whale that has not yet been 

 described, but it is also the type of a new genus, peculiar for 

 the shortness of its pectoral fins, its plaited belly, and low 

 recurved and pointed fin placed over the vent, and very 

 peculiar among all whalebone-whales for the form of its 

 bladebone {see figure). 



The sulphur-bottom of New-Zealand is very distinct from 

 the sulphur-bottom of California, which is named Sihhaldius 

 sulplim-eus by Cope. It is evidently the type of a new genus, 

 and may be entered in the catalogues as Stenohalcena xantho- 

 gaster. 



XXXVII. — On Priority in the Discovery of the Canal- System 

 in Foraminifera. By Messrs. PARKER, JoNES, and Brady. 



To the Editors of the Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 

 Gentlemen, 



That portion of Mr. Carter's communication to your August 

 Ann. d) Mag. N. Hist. Ser.4. FoZ. xiv. 21 



