708 MR. G. KREFFT ON A NEW SPECIES OF EUPHYSETES. [Nov. 28, 
13. Notice or A New Species oF SPERM-WHALE BELONGING 
vo tHe Genus Evupnysetes or MacLeay. By Grrarp 
Krerrt, CuRATOR AND SECRETARY, AUSTRALIAN Museum, 
Sypney, Corr. Mens. Zoot. Soc. 
On Monday last, information reached me that a “ Colt Whale”’ 
had been stranded at Manly Beach; and suspecting that it might 
be Euphysetes grayii, of which this Museum is in possession of the 
original skeleton, I immediately repaired to the spot, and found 
my supposition verified, as far as 1 could then judge, the tooth- 
less upper jaw, and the long, sharp-poited, hook-like teeth of the 
lower jaw leaving no doubt in my mind as to the genus. With a 
view of exhibiting this rare visitor, some of the fishermen had car- 
ried the animal into a dark shed, strongly objecting to its removal 
for the purpose of photographing it. It was measured, with the 
following results :— 
ft. in. 
Fotgl length 51). 0\d 5 oSitiewn wrt i oad wets OS 
Bregdthiod Paley yi daiind saat aekt eee a Be Bie 
Pecteedl fin saisa teardsitya. Bede Fah we es La 
Around body behind paddles...........-.. 6 2 
= te CNG rryg ite er. sree, Sed Goel 
Before dorsal fin, or hump, fgheage ps! ..iis 98 SB 
Rig!" bh. 
Colour black, yellowish beneath. The head is short and thick, 
rather broad, and the snout receding somewhat, like that of a shark 
(fig. 2). The mouth is small, the upper jaw toothless ; but after re- 
moving the flesh two rows of holes, communicating with each other 
more or less, were observed ; and I believe that teeth were probably 
imbedded therein at the time of birth, and subsequently shed. This, 
of course, is only surmise; but as no holes were noticed when flesh 
covered the gums, the holes could not be for the reception of the teeth 
in the lower jaw. Looking at the skull from above, it shows at first 
a remarkable resemblance to that of Huphysetes grayii, MacLeay, 
but the sides of the spermatic cavity, so sharp in Gray’s Whale, are 
rounded off in the present species ; and the blow-hole, which is fully 
13 inch in diameter in Gray’s animal, is not quite an inch in the new 
one. The ridge dividing the cavity in this new Whale is almost 
formed into ivory, and many spots of the same substance are im- 
