376 MR. STANLEY S. FLOWER ON THE [Apr. 3, 



Order CETACEA. 

 Family Bal^nid.e. 



154. Megaptera boops. Humpbacked Whale. 



Hauitsch (Rep. Raffles Libr. & Mus. 1898, p. 9) says there is 

 an incomplete skeleton of this species from Malacca in the Raffles 

 Museum. I believe it was obtained in October 1891. 



Family Delphinib.e. 



155. Phoc.exa phocvEnoides(Cuv.). The Little Indian Porpoise. 



Phocama phoccenoides, Blauf. Faun. Ind., Miimm. p. 574, fig. 187 

 (p. 575). 



Hanitsch (Rep. Raffles Libr. & Mus. 1898, p. 9) records 

 " Neomeris phoccenoides " from Singapore. In the Museum at 

 Taiping there is a stuffed specimen caught off Matang, Perak, 

 about 46 inches (say 1168 mm.) in tofai length, apparently of 

 this species. 



Distribution. Indian Ocean, from Cape of Good Hope to Japan 

 (Blanf. op. tit. p. 575). 



156. Orcella brevirostris (Owen). The Larger Indian 

 Porpoise. 



Orcella brevirostris, Blanf. Faun. Ind., Mamm. p. 571, fig. 189. 

 " Lornba- lomba " of the Malays. 



The British Museum contains a stuffed specimen from Singapore 

 (Flower, List of Cetacea, 1885, p. 17), from whence it is also 

 recorded by Hanitsch (Rep. Raffles Libr. & Mus. 1898, p. 9). In 

 the Museum at Taiping there is a stuffed specimen, caught off 

 Matang, Perak, about 60 inches (say 1524 mm.) in total length, 

 apparently of this species. 



Distribution. Bay of Bengal, Singapore, North Borneo. 



157. Steno plumbeus (Dussum.). The Plumbeous Dolphin. 

 Steno plumbeus, Blanf. Faun. Ind., Mamm. p. 5S3. 



Cantor (p. 66) says Delphinus plumbeus occurs on the coasts of 

 Penang, is called " Parampuan Laut " by the Malays of the 

 Peninsula, and " the species, although very numerous, and rather 

 heavy in its movements, is rarely captured, except by chance in 

 fishing stakes." 



In the Museum at Taiping there are three stuffed specimens, 

 from the coasts of Perak, probably of this species ; the largest is 

 about 78 inches (say 1980 mm.) in total length. 



Distribution. Indian Ocean. 



158. Delphinus delphts L. The Common Dolphin. 

 Ddphinus delphis, Blanf. Faun. Ind., Mamm. p. 587, fig. 182. 

 Recorded from Singapore bv Hanitsch (Rep. Raffles Libr. & 



Mus. 1898, p. 9). 



