Gray.—New Zealand Cetaceans. 95 
The synonyma will run thus :— 
Balena antipodarum, Gray, Dieffenb.. New Zeal., t. 1 (animal). 
Balena antarctica, Gray, Zool. Erebus and Terror, Cet. 16, t. 1 (animal, 
not Lesson or Owen). 
Caperea antipodarum, Lilljeborg ; Gray, Cat. Seals and Whales, p. 371 ; 
Suppl., p. 45 (not ear-bones). 
Balena antipodarum, Van Beneden, Ostéogr. Cót., p. 46, t. 3 (skeleton; 
ear-bones doubtful). 
The second Black Whale is Macleayius australiensis, a skeleton of which 
is in the British Museum, noticed in the Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist., 1873, 
p. 75, and which is described and will be published in the Proc. Zool. Soc. for 
1873. It was sent from the coast of Canterbury, New Zealand, as Balena 
 antipodarum, by Dr. Haast. I first thought, from the similarity of the ear- 
bones, that it was the Zubalema australis, but it is extremely different from it. 
An account of this skeleton is sent to the New Zealand Institute.* 
3. Megaptera nove-zelandie. ; 
The whale stranded at Wellington harbour, with “a falcate dorsal,” is most 
probably a Physalus, for the peculiar character of Megaptera is to have merely 
a hunch instead of a dorsal fin, and elongate pectoral fins. The ear-bones of 
Megaptera and Physalus are nearly similar, and, therefore, it is most probably 
Physalus antarcticus. The colour of the baleen may vary, as the whalers say its 
character and texture are very different, so distinct that a dealer in these 
articles can distinguish the baleen of the Finners of the different countries, 
and they fetch different prices. 
8. Electra clancula, Gray. 
Ido not know what Dr. Hector's remark refers to. Perhaps it does not 
refer to my description. I published a description and figure, which Dr. 
Hector sent to me, in the Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist., 1872, ix., p. 436, fig. 
10. Grampus richardsoni. 
The number of teeth varies in the different specimens of the European 
species. 
13. Epiodon chathamiensis, and 
14. Mesoplodon layardi. 
I have not seen the skull of Zpiodon australis, but as yet I have never 
seen a species of whale or seal common to the coasts of South America and 
New Zealand. It may be different with the Cape of Good Hope and Australia 
and New Zealand, but I have seen no decided instance of the same species 
occurring in two countries; therefore I can give no decided opinion respecting 
the jaw of Mesoplodon layardi. At the same time, I may observe, the 
* Vide ante Art, XVIT. 
