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Show 214 DR. J. E. GRAY ON THE SKULLS OF DOLPHINS. [May 8, ** Beak of skull once and a half the length of the brain-case. Teeth fb to gj 3. DELPHINUS DELPHIS. 3*. DELPHINUS MOOREI. 3**. DELPHINUS MAJOR. 3***. DELPHINUS WALKERI. 5. DELPHINUS JANIRA, Zool. E. & T. t. 23. CLYMENE. Skull elongate, slender ; brain-case spherical; beak slender, elongate, longer than the brain-case; intermaxillaries convex. Teeth small, slender, five or six in an inch. The symphysis of the lower jaw short. The blowers are moderate. See Clymene, Gray, P. Z. S. 1864, p. 237. * Beak of the skull twice as long as the brain-case. Teeth five in an inch. CLYMENE STENORHYNCHA. Delphinus stenorhynchus, Cat. of Seals & Whales, p. 396. ** Beak of the skull once and three-quarters the length of the brain-cavity. Teeth six in an inch. Euphrosyne. 1. CLYMENE MICROPS. D. microps, Gray, Cat. p. 240; Zool. E. & T. t. 25. 16. CLYMENE ALOPE. D. alope, Gray, Cat. p. 252. 18. CLYMENE EUPHROSYNE. D. euphrosyne, Gray, Cat. p. 251; Zool. E. & T. t. 22. *** Beak of the skull once and one-half or once and one-third the length of the brain-cavity. Teeth five or six in an inch. Clymene. C L Y M E N E N O R M A L I S . Beak of the skull once and one-half the length of the brain-case, and as long as twice and one-half the width at the notch. Teeth 40, nearly six in an inch. Delphinus clymene, Gray, Cat. p. 249. CLYMENE DORIS. Beak of the skull once and one-half the length of the brain-case, and as long as twice and a half the width at the notch. Teeth five in an inch. Tursio doris, Gray, Cat. Seals & Whales, p. 255 ; Zool. E. & T. t. 20. CLYMENE DORIDES. Beak of the skull once and one-third the |