236 • DELPHINID^. 



as the Stem attenuatus, but the Museum copy of Schreber does not 

 contain the plate referred to. ■ ■ 



There is a skuU in the Museum of the Asiatic Society of Calcutta 

 which seems to be that of Steno attenuatus, being probably that 

 mentioned as " a Dolphin found near the Isle of France " (Asiatic 

 Eesearches, xii. App. xxvii.). Lower jaw 14 inches. Teeth |-L. 

 And another lower jaw, "from the high seas," with series of 38 

 teeth, presented by Mr. C. Harvey (Joum. As. Soc. x. 737). Also 

 two skulls, toothless, wanting the lower jaw, with series of 39 teeth- 

 sockets. Length 15 and 15^ inches. All these would appear to be 

 the aajne.—Bh/th, I. c. 



A left ramus of the lower jaw with series of 43 teeth, in the 

 same museum, is vertically much deeper at the symphysis, and un- 

 doubtedly appertains to a distinct species. — Blyth. 



Captain Jethro Fairweather presented to the Museum of the 

 Asiatic Society of Calcutta a sktdl of a small but not young 8Uno, 

 which seems to be St. attentmtus. Gray. It was procured not far 

 from the Sand-heads, out of an innumerable herd of them, " as far 

 as the eye could reach in aU directions," and was of a palish lead- 

 colour. Not therefore, however, the Delphinus Malay anus, var . plwm- 

 heus, which is a much larger species common in the bay. Teeth 

 '^.-Blyin. 



Major E. C. Tyler has also sent to the same museum a skuU taken 

 west of the Cape of Good Hope, which agrees, or very nearly so, 

 with the two heads minus the teeth, and the lower jaw, mentioned 

 before. — Blyth. 



6. Steno ? brevimanus. 



Blackish, rather paler below. 



Delphinus brevimanus (D. a petit pectoral), Pucheran, Vou. Dummt 



iUrvUle, t. 21. f. 2, t. 23. f. 7 & 8 (skull). 

 Delphinus ? microbrachium, Oray, Cat. Cetac. B. M. 1850, 119, from 



Pucheran. 



The. skull named Dauphin d petit pectoral in the Paris Museum 

 has the palate flat, rather convex behind. Triangle extended rather 

 in front of the teeth-hne. Teeth |^. Nose narrowed in front, 

 three-fifths the length, and twice and three-fourths the length of the 

 breadth at the notch. Lower jaw slender in front. Nasal rather 

 high and convex. It may be a Stem. 



Inhab. Banda, Singapore. 



7. Steno Tuciud. 



Dark blackish or fuscous. Nose of the skuU depressed at the base, 

 convex and attenuated at the tip, rather (one-fifteenth) longer than 

 the length of the head, nearly three times as long as the width at 

 the notch. Frontal triangle elong9,te, continued considerably in 

 front of the line of the notch. Teeth ^^, slender, conical. Lower 



