478 DELPHINUS, DIDELPHIS. 
4—8. Devpuinus. Spec. 4. 
phoceena, (porpoise,) body subconic ; back broad 3 
snout bluntish ; bluish above, white beneath 
46 teeth in each jaw. Appear like old stumps 
and roots tumbling in water. 
delphis, (dolphin,) body oblong, roundish ; snout 
narrow, sharp. Swims fast. 9 or 10 feet long, 
orca, (grampus,) snout turned up ; teeth broad, ser- 
rate. Var. Swordgramptus. Snout subtrun- 
cate ; teeth pointed. 
See MS. P. 
5—1. Denrauium. Spec. 22. 
elephantinum, (elephant-tooth shell,) shell with 10 
ribs, slightly curved, striate ; green with dark 
bands, tip white. 
See MS. P. 
8-1. Derwesves. Spec. 85. 
lardarius, (leather-eater, book-eater,) black, shell 
cinereous above. Larva oval, hairy. Very 
destructive to libraries, museums, bacon, &c. 
See MS. P. 
9—1. Dernis. Spec. 1. 
sanguinea, body cylindric, tapering to a point be- 
hind ; palpi white. In sea. 
See MS. P. 
8—5. Dtareris. Spec. 1. 
violacea, blackish-blue ; antenne ferruginous at, 
the tips. 
See MS. P. 
: 1—3. DipetreHis. Spec. 25. 
apossum, (american opossum,) tail hairy near the 
base ; region of the eyebrows paler; teats 5 to 
