Haast.—Notes on Skeleton of Epiodon nove zealandism. 481 
genus Epiodon (see, amongst others, Gray's “Catalogue of Seals and 
Whales,” page 340) this feature also must lose generic value. 
Skull, 
Dr. Hector* has given a short description of the skull of a specimen, 
under the name of Epiodon chathamiensis, which, if not belonging to the 
same species, is closely allied to the animal of the New Zealand coasts. 
That skull was obtained on the Chatham Islands. 
However, as amongst minor differences the form of the teeth is different, 
I have thought it more expedient to describe the New Zealand specimen 
under the specific name of Epiodon nove zealandia, leaving it to the future, 
when more material has been collected, to determine if there are two distinct 
species or not. 
The skull has the following dimensions :— 
T 
B' 
Extreme length with lower jaw .. 
Extreme length of cranium, point of inm. aiik à is 
broken off, restored . : 3 1:50 
Length of rostrum, from ‘his apex rut ‘hie pre- desi to 
the middle of the line drawn between the ante- 
orbital notches tie 1 7:89 
Greatest height from top of ds to iovis tends of 
pterygoids 1 5°52 
Greatest breadth across uen orbital processes of frontals 1 10°75 
Breadth of occipital condyles _... f x. A BO 
b foramen magnum 0 2:40 
Height 0 2°22 
Breadth of TR of iudi brin bobina of Mie. 
orbital notches 1 0:91 
Breadth of rostrum in the dide ds .. 0 488 
Anterior nares, greatest width of the inscr 5i ico 890 
Height of crest above occipital foramen ... : 1 2:98 
Width of occiput ... si TT 1 460 
Mandible. 
Length of ramus ... 9 Si d es e 3 860 
symphysis aoe eis acd. quB 
Vertical height of ramus at obid process... 0 6:40 
Apex of mandible projecting gemi apex of iei: 
(restored) — ... E a 0:109 
** Trans. N.Z. Inst.” Vol. V., p. 165, Pl. IV. and V. 
