84 



** Teeth four in an inch. 

 LAGEFOBHYNCHUS EiECTBA, Gray. The Electra. 



Synonyms LaqenorhyncTius electra, Gray, S. & W., p. 268. 

 Electra oltusa, Gray ; Suppl., p. 70. 



Teeth 24-21 moderate, four in an inch. 

 Species described from a purchased skull. 

 Inhab: (?) 



LAGEtfOBKYNcmis ASIA, Gray. The Asia. 



Synonyms LagenorhyncTius Asia, Gray, S. & W., p. 269. 

 Electra Asia, Gray, Suppl., p. 76. 



Teeth ^> four in an inch. 



Described from a skull only, which although the beak is rather more 

 attenuated and acute in front, Dr. Gray suggests that it may be only 

 a variety of the preceding species, the L. Electra. 



Inhab: (?) 



LAGENOBHYNCHUS rusiFOEMis, 1 Owen. The Spindle-shaped Dolphin. 

 Synonyms DelpMnus fusiformis, [Owen. Trans. Zool. Soc., vol. vi., 



p. 22. 

 Electra fusiformis, Gray. Suppl., p. 76. 



Teeth 21:51, about four in an inch. 



The upper portion of the body is of a light lead colour, fading into 

 light ashy-grey on the belly, and unspotted. The dorsal and fore parts 

 of pectoral and caudal fins are much the darkest coloured. The length 

 was about six feet. 



Inhab : Waltair, Yizigapatam, India. 



LAGEJTOBHYNCHUS Acuius, 2 Gray. Eschricht's Dolphin. 



Synonyms Phoccena acutus, Gray, 1828. 



DelpMnus leucopleurus, Nilsson. 

 Lagenorhynchus acutus, Gray, S. & "W., p. 270. 

 Electra acuta, Gray, Suppl., p. 76. 

 Teeth z ^, about four in an inch. 



Above black, lower part of the beak and the body, shining white ; 

 a white band forms a line under the dorsal to the base of the tail ; 

 above yellow, beneath white. 



The beak of the skull is more slender, and the teeth more numerous 

 than shown in those of any other species of this genus, yet this dolphin 

 is considered by some writers the same as the Lencopleurus, both 

 being about the same size, bearing a resemblance in the distribution of 

 the colouring, and inhabiting the same locality. 



1 fusus, a spindle, &c. 



2 acutus, pointed, in allusion to the slender form of the beak of the skull. 



