192 DIODONS, OR TWO -TEETHED WHALES. 



large and festooned. The upper portion of the 

 head and body of the colour of polished steel, with 

 a numher of lines and white streaks, occurring 

 without regularity ; helly white ; inside of the 

 mouth hluish-bliick. Length of the specimen fif- 

 teen feet. According to Risso, this species fre- 

 quents the depths of the Mediterranean, where it 

 is rare: he supplies no information regarding its 

 habits. 



We are glad we can present to the reader a 

 representation of the second species, according to 

 Lesson. It is the 



DIODON SOWERB1. 

 PLATE XII. 



Delphinus Sowerbi. Desmaret, Blainville. 



OUR Plate of this beautiful animal was taken 

 from an individual cast ashore near Brodie -House, 

 Elginshire, and was described by Mr Sowerby in 

 his British Miscellany. We have not been able to 

 procure a sight of Risso's plate of the preceding 

 species, but no one can fail to remark a very striking 

 resemblance between Risso's description and the ani- 

 mal now under revie^ ; so much so, that notwith- 

 standing Lesson's authority, we are almost tempted 

 to think they must be identical. Their habitat can 

 scarcely have been the same 



