whale tiecause on one captured thi s winter at Lille- 

 Bel t,which.was later exhiMted here in Copenhagen, 

 we found many eylindrical holes in the skin and the 

 t>lulD"ber,which were evidently made "by sueh a guest,, 

 that had afterwards Id een loroKen off ,and upon closely 

 questioning the whale* s exhiDitor,he was quite cer- 

 tain that many such animals had heen present during 

 the first weeic of the exhiMt ion, that is when it cam« 

 to Copenhagen. When later the hlutiber was removt 

 in order to prepare the s&eleton,we were fortunate 

 to find a single anterior end of this parasite ourie< 

 in the Id luller and flesh. 



As the figures show, present ed in natural size, 

 partly very young animals, part ly the anterior ends 

 of fully developed speeiraens,this whale 1 s Pennella 

 is distinguished from the other Known species "by an 

 exceptional size,a strongly developed and mueh wrin- 

 icled skln^a head or mouth region projecting only a 

 little anteriorly ,and only slightly swollen by un- 

 usually thicx and stout lateral horns, and an almost 

 equally stout dorsal horn. The more swollen 

 part of the uody is at least in the half developed 

 spec imens (80 to 100 mm-long) proportionally short, 

 and the so-called neclc on the contrary very long,. 

 two or three times as long as that« 

 The first represents the portion of the animal 



