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Sub-fam. CATODONTINM, 
Genus Catodon, Artedi. 
287. C. MACROCEPHALUS, Lacepede (Brandt and Katzburg, 
Med. Zool., 12, f. 20, after Johnston). 
Syn. Physeter trumpo, Bonnaterre. 
Ph. catodon, O. Fabricius. 
Ph. gihhus, Sclireber. 
Cachelot, or ' Sperm Whale.' 
Hab. The Ocean : occasionally hunted at the 
entrance of the Bay of Bengal, within sight 
of Ceylon.* 
A. Series of five teeth. Society's old collection. 
B. A pair of auditory cochleae, of unequal size ; 
supposed to belong to at least this sub-family 
{J. A. S. XXVIII, 489). 
Fam. BALJENID^. 
Genus Bal^noptera (pars), Lacepede. 
288. B. INDICA, Blyth, J. A. S. XXVIII, 488. 
Hab. Indian Ocean; Bay of Bengal; Arabian Sea; 
occasionally entering the Persian Gulf. 
A. Two of lower jaw of an individual 84 
feet in length; described J. A. S. XXVIII, 487 ; 
B. Left radius of the same, ibid. ; G. Rib of ditto, 
ibid. ; D. E. F. G. H. Series of five vertebra?, ibid. 
From the Bay of Bengal. Presented by Major T. 
P. Sparkes (1852). /. Head and portion of verte- 
bral column of a smaller individual (now much 
injured bv long exposure to all weathers) ; vide 
J. A. S. XXVill, 488. Presented by J. Swin- 
ton, Esq. (1830). J. Pair of ear coc/iZe^e. Presented 
by ditto ? K. Left ditto, probably that noticed in 
J. A. S. V, 374, as having been presented by the 
late J. Prinsep Esq. 
Genus Bal^na, L. 
289. B. MYsTiCETUS (Gray, ZooL ' Erebus'' and ' Terror^ 
15, 47 ; ^. 1,/. 4, baleen). 
* Species doubtful, however, aa identical with that iiihabiting the northern 
seas, to which the above names i'pply. 
