CATALOGUE OF THE CETACEA. 295 



Species incertce sedis. 



The following species are known only from drawings, or very insufficient materials; most of 

 them ( unless we except those of Mr. Peale, whose delineations have proved in at least one case 

 to be remarkably accurate) can hardly hope for identification, and it is very probable that many 

 of them are identical with species described from skulls only. It is of coui-se impossible to 

 determine the genus of any of them ; and it would be a relief, if they, together with the sj)ecies 

 erected on aboriginal pottery and carvings, and dra-wings of Chinese and Japanese artists (!), could 

 be wiped away from our books altogether. 



Delphinus albimanus, Peale, Zool. U. S. Ex. Exp., ed. i, p. 33, 1848; Cassin, Mamm. ditto, p. 29, 

 pi. vi, fig. 1. 



Coast of Chile. 



Head, back, and flukes, black; sides, tawny; belly, white; top of pectorals, white. Length, 

 6 feet 6 inches. ? Snout to eye, 12 inches. Teeth, |i. 



No specimens known. Referred to D. Noire -Zekmdke by Cassin, but not by Gray. 



Delphinus Foesteei, Gray, 1868, p. 6, pi. 24. 



New Caledonia. 



Rust colored above ; beneath, white ; a small white spot on the disk of the dorsal and pectoral 

 fins. Six feet long. Teeth, f-J. No specimens known. Described from Forster's drawing. Per- 

 haps the same as C. microps, Gray. 



Delphinus lateralis, Peale, 1. c, p. 35, pi. 8, fig. 1, 1848; Cassin, Mamm. ditto, p. 32, pi. vii, 

 fig. 1. 



Pacific Ocean, latitude 13'^ north, longitude 161'^ west. 



Dark above, purplish gray below, with a dark lateral line with light spots above and below it. 

 Fins and snout, black. Length, 90 inches. Teeth, -*f No specimens; described from drawings. 

 Referred to Lagenorhynchus, by Cassin. 



Delphinus pectoealis, Peale, 1. c; Cassin, p. 28, pi. v, fig. 2. 



Near the Sandwich Islands. 



Black above ; belly, reddish white ; a frontal band of slate color extending behind the eyes ; a 

 white spot on each side before the fins. Length, 8 feet 8 iiiches. Teeth, ff. No specimens. 



Delphinus chinensis, Desmoul., Gray, 1850, p. 132. 



China Seas. 



"Shining white;" no specimens; perhaps a beluga. 



Delphinus lunatus, Lesson, Voy. Coq., pi. ix, fig. 4. 



Coast of Chile. 



"Tunenas" of the Chilenos. No specimens. From sketch of animal swimming! 



Delphinus nigee, Lacepede, Mem. Mus. iv, p. 475. 



China? 



Black, with white edges to lips and fins. No specimens. From Chinese drawing! 



Delphinus lorigee, Schreb. Saugeth., pi. 362. 



Habitat ? 



Lead colored; middle of sides, chest, and belly, white. No specimens. 



