CREODONTA, CETACEA. 
Mamm. 19 
! Mesonyx nauajovius, sp. n. (foss.), E. D. Cope, P. Am. Phil. Soc. xix. 
/ p. 484. “ Lowest Eoceue ” of New Mexico. It is made the type of a new 
I genus Dissacus ; id. Am. Nat. xv. p. 1019. 
Sarcothraustes antiquus, g. & sp. nn. (foss.), E. D. Cope, P. Am. Phil. 
Soc. XX. p. 193, “ Lowest Eocene of New Mexico.” 
\ Conoryctes comma, g. & sp. nn. (foss.), id. op. cit. xix. p. 486, “ Lowest 
\^Eocene ” of New Mexico. “ Allied to Mesonyx.^' 
CETACEA. 
^ Fischer, P. Cetaces du sud-ouest de la France. Act. Soc. L. Bord. (5) 
V. pp. 1-217, pis. i.-viii. 
An important article on the Cetacea, 17 in number, observed on the 
shores of the south-west of France. The first three plates are devoted to 
osteology (tympanic bones, scapulae, and sterna), the others are quoted 
below. 
Bal^enid^, 
’^See H. Burmeister, supra, p. 2, for species found on the Argentine 
Coasts. 
Bdkenoptera juddi, sp. n. (foss.),H. G. Seeley, J. G. Soc. xxxvii. p. 709, 
Oligoceneof Hampshire. With a note on its occurrence, by J. W. Judd. 
[Founded on a single caudal vertebra I] 
Balcvna hiscayensis. On its occurrence on the east coast of Scotland ; 
T. Southwell, Tr. Norw. Soc. iii. pp. 228-230. See also C. R. Markham, 
supra, p. 6. 
^.\Balama mysiicetus. On the bones, articulations, and muscles of its 
(rudimentary) hind limb ; J. Struthers, J. Anat. Phys. xv. pp. 141-176, 
301-321, pis. xiv.-xvii. 
, Physeterid.®. 
Hyperoodon rostratus. Note on a skull of this species ; T. Southwell, 
Zool. (3) V. pp. 258, 259. 
Mesoplodon hidens. Notice on a male example, A. H. Malm, Goteborgs 
Naturhist. Mus. iii. pp. 32-36. 
[Not seen by the Recorder ; cf. Zool. Anz. v. p. 277.] 
Delphinid.®. 
Delphinus delpMs. Various forms figured ; P. Fischer, 1. c. pis. 
iv., V., vi. fig. 1. On some fossil remains; F. Castelli, Atti Soc. 
Tosc. Pr. Verb. iii. p. 131. [Not seen by the Recorder ; cf. Zool Anz. 
iv. p. 77.] 
Electra hectori, sp. u., P. J. Van Beneden, Bull. Ac. Belg. (3) i. pp. 
877-887, pi. ii. New Zealand. 
Grampus yriseus figured ; P. Fischer, 1. c. pi. viii. fig. 2. Note on this 
species, S. Richiardi, Atti Soc. Tosc. Pr. Verb. iii. pp. 22-24. [Not seen 
by the Recorder ; cf. Zool. Anz. v. pp. 139 & 155.] 
