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 



„ „ „ „ the dorsal fin 12 10 



„ „ notch of the tail 17 1 



From the tip of the beak to a line supposed to be drawn 



between the points of the flukes of the tail 18 1\ 



From the notch in the tail to the anus 5 3 



„ „ „ penis 6 b\ 



„ „ „ umbilical cord 7 5| 



From the tip of the beak to the pectoral fin 5 



» » eye 3 0^ 



„ „ ear-opening 4 1^ 



Length of the blowers 5^ 



Distance between the blowers behind 3^ 



„ „ in front 0| 



Length of the dorsal fin along the back 1 



Height of the dorsal fin 4|- 



Length of the pectoral fin 2 9 



Greatest breadth of the pectoral fin 9 



Distance between the points of the flukes of the tail .... 3 3 

 Girth of the head in the middle between the eye and the 



ear-opening 7 2|- 



Girth of the body across the pectoral fins 7 



„ at the umbilical cord 6 6 



„ „ penis 5 5| 



„ „ anus 4 7 



„ just before the tail 2 2 



Perpendicular diameter of the body at the pectoral fins . . 2 8 



The same, at the umbilical cord 2 5 



The same, at the anterior edge of the dorsal fin and anus 1 9^ 



The same, at the posterior edge of the dorsal fin 1 7 



The same, at the base of the tail 1 



Number of furrows in the belly between the pectoral fins 66 

 Ditto beneath the place where the ear-openings are found 82 



XL. — Notes on the Lodoicea sechellarum, Labill. By Ed- 

 ward Perceval Wright, M.D., F.L.S., Professor of 

 Zoology, Trinity College, Dublin. 



In June 1867 I was invited, by Swinbum 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 Mahd, 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 



