82 GRAMPIDJi. 



elongate, nearly equal, as long as the arm-bones, the fourth finger 

 shorter, the first shorter, and the fifth very short. 

 Vertebra 63 :— C. 7. D. 13. L. and C. 43. 



1. Neomeris phocsenoides. 



Neomeris phocsenoides, Gray, I. c, p. 306 -, Synops. Whales Sf Dolph. 



p. 8. 

 " Delphinapterus molagan," Oiven, Trans. Zool. Soc. vi. p. 24, a name 



given to a manuscript note of Mr. Elliot's ! 



Inhab. Indian Ocean ; Bengal ; Cape of Good Hope ; Japan. 



Schlegel (Fauna Japonica, Mammalia, tab. v.) gives a detailed 

 figure of the skull, the dorsal vertebrae, the chest-bone, and the fore 

 limb of this animal. 



B. Pectoral fin low down mi the side of the body. The second and third 

 Jingers very long, of nine or twelve phalanges (of. p. 63). 



Family 11. GRAMPIDiE. 



Head rounded ; forehead rather convex. Teeth conical ; of upper 

 jaw early deciduous, of lower jaw only in the front over the short 

 symphysis. Dorsal fin low, rather behind the middle of the back. 

 Pectoral fins ovate, elongate. Skull depressed, with the lateral 

 expansions horizontal, rather thickened and bent up over the orbit 

 and slightly dilated and bent down over the notch. Intermaxillaries 

 dilated, swollen in front of the blower. Atlas free ; rest of cervical 

 vertebras and dorsal processes united. The arm-bones short. Two 

 middle fingers elongated, subequal, of eight or nine phalanges ; the 

 other fingers very short, of two or three phalanges. The breast-bone 

 single, broad in front. 



1. GRAMPUS. 

 Grampus, Gray, I. c. pp. 230, 295, 393 ; Synops. Whales ^ Dolph. p. 9. 



t Triangle in front of the hloivers elongate, produced in front over the 

 vome)\ Bladehone triangular, the height about two-thirds the 

 width. Beak of skull narrow, more contracted for two-thirds of its 

 length. 



1. Grampus Rissoanus. 



Grampus Rissoanus, Gray, Cat. Seals Sf Whales, p. 298 ; Gervais, 

 Osteog. Cet. t. 54. figs. 1-6 ; Murie, Journ. Anat. ^' Physiol. 1870, 

 V. p. 129, t. 5 (good). 

 Beak of skull rather broad or gradually tapering towards the 

 front; intermaxillaries rather broad; bladehone triangular, the 

 height three-fourths the width. 

 Inhab. Nice. 



