PROCEEDINGS 



OF THE 



ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON. 



January 9, 1849. 



William Yarrell, Esq., Vice-President, in the Chair. 



The Secretary reported that since the last Meeting of the Society 

 a beautiful living example of Felis viverrina, Benn., had been pre- 

 sented by Capt. Scanlan, from whose valuable cooperation he had 

 reason to believe that the Menagerie vrould receive some still more 

 important additions. 



A small collection of Insects and Reptiles in spirit had been pre- 

 sented by Dr. E. D. Dickson, Corr. Memb., and Mr. Gagliuffi, British 

 Vice-Consul at Morzook, obtained by them at Bornoo, Morzook, and 

 Tripoli, together with sixteen skins of Birds and five skins of Mam- 

 maha, including a magnificent specimen of the Weddan, Oris trage- 

 laphus, or Wild Sheep of Barbarv. 



A collection of Reptiles in spirit, formed in Hayti by J. N. Tweedy, 

 Esq., Corr. Memb., and presented by him, were also exhibited to the 

 Meeting. 



The following papers were read : — 



1. Descriptions of three new species of Delphinid^. By 

 J. E. Gray, Esq., F.R.S., Keeper of the Zoological 

 Department in the British Museum, etc. 



Tlie species which form the subject of the present commmiication 

 were collected by Dr. Dickie, R.N., during bis voyage in the Pacific, 

 and have been transferred by him to the British Museum. 



Delphinus Eutropia. 



Nose of skull rather longer than the length of the brain-cavity, 

 rather dilated on the sides before the notch, very convex and ronnded 

 above ; triangle elongate, produced before the tooth-line, concave on 



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