,4. TT7ESI0. 261 



Crruissau in the Mediterranean. — Gervais, Comptes Rendus, 28 Nov. 

 1864, 876; Ann. ^ Mag. N. H. 1865, xv. 76. 



7. TnTsio Abnsalam. The Ahisalam. 



Black, belo-w -white, with small dark spots ; teeth |f-f^. Nose 

 of skull in length about five-ninths of total, twice and a half its 

 width at the notch. Intermaxillary bones very convex, forming a 

 strong ridge on each side. Lower jaw tapering in front. 



Delphinus abusalam, Bi^. Mus. Seneh. 1842, t. 12. f. 1, 2, 3; Oray, 



Zool Erebus 8r Terror, 38; Cat. Cetac. B. M. 1850, 111. 

 Tursiops adimcus, Gervais, Mamm. 323. 



Inhab. Eed Sea. 



Only known from Dr. Eiippell's description and figure. It has 

 been said to be the same as D. Tursio, but it appears to be different., 



Belphkms aduneus, Hempr. & Ehrenb. Sym. Phys. ii. (Beak de- 

 pressed, elongate ; teeth 1^, conical, strong. Inhab. Island of Bel- 

 hosSe), is perhaps the same as the former. 



8. Tursio Eurynome. The Ev/rynome. 



Skull roundish ; nose thick, broad, rounded above ; intermaxil- 

 laries rather convex, one-half as wide as maxillaries ; nose one-third 

 longer than the length of the head (or contained four times and 

 one-seventh in the entire length), twice and one-third the width at 

 the notch ; hinder edge of blower largely tubercular ; teeth ^, 

 moderate, cyHndrieal, rather curved, acute. 



Delphinus Eurynome, Gray, Cat. Ost.B. M. 143; Zool. Ereb. 8f Terr. 

 38. t. 17 (skull) ; Cat. Cetae. B. M. 1850, 112 ; Blyth, Journ. Asiat. 

 Soc. Beng. 1860, 202. 



Inhab. Bay of Bengal (Blyth'). 

 a, SkuU. Figured ia ' Voy. Erebus and Terror,' t. 17. 



in. lin. 



SkuU : Length, entire 22 



Length of head 9 1 



Length of nose 12 3 



Length of teeth-line 10 



Length of lower jaw 18 



"Width at temples 11 



Width at notch 5 4 



Width at middle of beak 3 6 



The skuU of this species is most like D. Tursio ; but the nose is 

 one-fourth longer than the length of the head, slenderer, and more 

 rounded, and the teeth smaller. 



