18 MEGAPTERA. BAL^NOPTERA. 



h. Megaptera nodosa bellicosa Cope. 



Megaptera nodosa bellicosa Cope, Proc. Am. Phil. Soc, xii, 1870, 

 p. 103. Elliot, Mamm. Middle Amer. & W. Indies, F. C. M. 

 Pub., IV, Pt. I, 1904, p. 41, pis. IX, X, XI. Zool. Ser. 

 Fighting Baleen Whale. 



Type locality. Vicinity of St. Bartholomew's Island, West Indies. 

 Geogr. Distr. Caribbean Sea, Gulf of Mexico, South Atlantic. 



34. Megaptera versabilis Cope. 



Megaptera versabilis Cope, Proc. Acad. Nat. Scien. Phil., 1869, 

 p. 15. Elliot, Syn. N. Am. Mamm., F. C. M. Pub., 11, 1901, 

 p. 10. Id. Mamm. Middle Amer. & W. Indies, F. C. M. Pub., 

 IV, Pt. I, 1904, p. 41. Zool. Ser. 

 Mobile Baleen Whale. 



Type locality. Northwestern coast of North America. 

 Geogr. Distr. North Pacific Ocean to Alaska. 



Subfamily II. Baleenopterinse, Finback "Whales. 



Genus 18. Bala'iioptera. 



Balaenoptera Lacep., Hist. Nat. -Cet., 1804, pp. xxxvi-xxxvii, 

 114-141, pis. IV figs. I, 2, V fig. I, vi-viii. Type Balmwptera 

 gibbar Desmoulins. 



Physalus Lacep., Hist. Nat. Cet., Ordres, Genres et Especes, 1804, 

 pp. XL, 219-226. 



Cetoptera Rafin., Analyse Nat., Adden., 18 15, p. 21.9. 



Benedenia Gray, Proc. Zool. Soc, 1864, p. 211, figs. 16, 17. 



Sibbaldiis! Gray, Proc. Zool. Soc, 1864, p. 222. 



Sibbaldius Flower, Proc. Zool. Soc, 1864, p. 391. 



Cuvierius Gray, Cat. Seals and Whales, 1866, pp. 114, 164; 187 1, 



P- 54. 

 *Agaphelus Cope, Proc Acad. Nat. Scien. Phil., 1868, p. 223. 



35. Balaenoptera acuto=rostrata Lacepede. 



Balcenoptera acuta -ro strata Lac6p., Hist. Nat. Cet., xii, i, 1803-4, 

 p. 197, pi. 8. Elliot, Syn. N. Am. Mamm., F. C. M. Pub., 11, 

 1901, p. II, fig. 3. Zool. Ser. 

 Rorqualus minor Knox, Jour. Inst., 1834, p. 336. 

 Agaphelus gibbosiis Cope, Proc. Acad. Nat. Scien. Phil., 1869, 

 p. 15. (nee Erxl.) Elliot, Syn. N. Am. Mamm., F. C. M. 

 Pub., II, 1901, p. II. Zool. Ser. 

 *See True, Smith. Contr. Knowledge, xxxiri, 1904, p. 105. 



