98 BAL^NID^. 



of the Asiatic Society of Calcutta. Probably from the coast of India." 

 — Blyih. 



What is Balcena indica, Blyth, Journ. Asidt. Soc. xxviii. 488 ; Cat. 

 Mus. As. Soc. Beng. 93?— Inhab. Indian Ocean ; Bay of Bengal. 

 Arabian Sea, occasionally entering the Persian Gulf. 



Chamisso figures a species of Whalebone Whale as Balcena Kulio- 

 moeh, found in the Aleutian seas, from a wooden model made by the 

 Aleutians (see N. Act. Nat. Cur. 1. 17. f. 1). It is noticed as B. Gu- 

 lamtmk by Pallas (Zool. Eosso-Asiat. i. 288). 



3. HTJNTERIUS, 



Eibs 15 . 15 ; first double-headed, the rest single-headed. Tympanic 

 bone rhombic, nearly hke that of Balcena. Head large, forming 

 above one-fourth of the entire length of the adult. 



Hunterius, Graff, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1864 ; Ann. ^ Mag. Nat. Sist. 1864, 

 xiv. 349. 



The first rib very broad, with two heads, attached to the transverse 

 processes of the first and second dorsal vertebrse ; the sternal end 

 deeply cut out. The first four cervical vertebrse soldered together, 

 the second and third with lateral processes beneath. Vertebrse 55 

 (or 57) : dorsal 16 ; lumbar 8 ; caudal 24 ; scapula, atlas, and cer- 

 vical vertebrse ? The tympanic bone like that of Balcena and 



Euhalcena. 



Baleen elongate, thick ; enamel coat thin, the central fibres coarse, 

 forming a rather rigid fringe. 



" Total number of vertebrse 57 or 58. Pairs of ribs 15. Head less 

 than one-third of the total length of the body. Nasal bones short 

 and broad; orbital processes of the frontal moderately long, and 

 widening considerably at their outer extremity, directed horizontally 

 outwards. Pirst five cervical vertebrse only anchylosed (?). Baleen- 

 plates moderately long, and broad at the base." — Flower, P. Z. S. 

 1864, 390. 



1. Hunterius TenunincMi. 



Balsena australis, Temm. Fauna Japon. t. 28 & 29. 

 Balsena Mysticetus antarctica, ScUegel, Abhandl. 1841, 37. 

 Hunterius Temminckii, Gray, Ann. Sr Mag. N. H. 1864, xiv. 349. 



Inhab. Cape of Good Hope (fforstoch). Skeleton of young animal 

 (and skull of adult ?), Mus. Leyden. 



" It does not quite attain to the size of Greenland Eight Whales. 

 The head is proportionally smaller (taking up only a fourth of the 

 entire length of the animal), but it becomes wider near the eyes. 

 The snout is broader, with a hard elevation near the front part, 

 slightly humped at the point. Upper jaw along the posterior part 

 of the angle of the mouth much deeper downwards, and arching 

 from the outside. Whiskers somewhat shorter. Pectoral fins a 

 trifle longer, and more firmly spined at the point. Caudal fins not 

 80 deeply incised. The white of the underside limited to only a 



