572 rnisETEEiD^. 



Geuu8 COGIA, Gray, 1840. 

 Syn. Kotjia, auct. ; Eupltysetes, MacLeay (1851). 



Upper teeth absent, or represented by a rudhnenlary anterior 

 pair embedded in the gniu ; 9 to 13 lower teetli on each side, long, 

 slender, pointed, curv^ed backwards, and coated with enamel. 

 Upper surface of cranium sliyhtly concave, rostrum not longer 

 than cranial portion of skull. Mandibular symphysis less than 

 half the entire length of the rami. 



Vertebrae : C. 7, D. 13-14, L. & C. 30. All cervical vertebra} 

 miited. 



External form not unlike that of a porpoise. * Head about one 

 sixth of the total length, obtusely pointed in front. Mouth small, 

 inferior, and considerably shoi't of the end of the snout. Blowhole 

 crescentic, on top of head, but to the left of the median line and 

 anterior to the eyes. Pectoral fins obtusely falcate. A well- 

 developed dorsal fin. 



Several nominal species have been described, but all are probably 

 varieties of one. 



380. Cogia breviceps. The small Sj^erm-ivhale. 



Pbyseter breviceps, Blaino. Ann. Anat. PJti/s. ii, p. 337 (1838). 

 Kogia breviceps, Orca/, Zool. Erebus iSr Terror, p. 2^ (1846). 

 Euphvsetes grayii, Watt, Hist. Neio Sperm Whale, Sydney, p. 37 



(1851). 

 Lupbysotes macleayi, Krefft, P. Z. S. 1865, p. 708, figs. 

 Pbyseter (Eupliysetes) simus, Owen, Tr. Z. S. vi, p. 30, pis. x-xiv 



(1866) ; EllU, ih. p. 171. 



Wonyu, Telugu. 



Colour. Above shining black, growing paler below. 



Dimensions. An immature female, captured at Vizagapatam, w as 



Fig. 18(\. — Ciiffia hrcvicepi^. (From KUiot's figure.) 



7 ft. 2 in. Icmg, from muzzle 1o dorsal fin 3 ft. 4 in., snout to pec- 

 toral limb 17 inches, length of pectoral 14, breadth of tail-flukes 

 22. The dorsal fin was 11 inches high and 1 foot long, the girth 

 iu front of the dorsal 4 ft. 4 in. (Elliot, Tr. Z. S. vi, p. 172). The 



