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Show 1873.] DR. J. E. GRAY ON NEW-ZEALAND WHALES. 129 Fig. 3. Labdacus monastoides (Cambr.), £ . a, Spider, magnified; b, ditto in profile; c, cephalothorax, from the front; d, maxilla?, labium, and sternum; e, portion of tarsus; /, genital aperture; g, natural length of Spider. PLATE XIII. Fig. 4. Thomisus prosper (Cambr.), $ . a, cephalothorax and portion of abdomen, in profile; b, cephalothorax, from above and behind; c, caput, from the front; el, maxillae, labium, and sternum; e, natural size of Spider. 5. Thomisus opportunus (Cambr.), <J & 9 . a, $, magnified ; b, ditto, in profile ; c, abdomen of $, from above; d, natural length of Spider. 6. Amycleforticeps (Cambr.), (J. a, Spider, magnified; b, cephalothorax and abdomen, in profile; c, caput, from the front; d, fore part of caput, from behind ; e, max-illas and labium; /, tarsus; g, palpus of $ ; h, natural length of Spider. P L A T E XIV. Fig. 7. Phoroncidia brevispinosa (Cambr.), <j>. a, Spider, in profile, magnified; b, posterior part of abdomen, from behind; c, natural length of Spider. 8. Phoroncidia septemaculeata (Cambr.), £ & <j>. a, Spider, in profile, magnified; b, posterior part of abdomen, from behind ; c, one of the falces, $ , from the front; d, profile of cephalothorax, $ ; e, natural length of female. 9. Phoroncidia trispinosa (Cambr.), $ . a, Spider, in profile, magnified; b, cephalothorax and abdomen, from above and behind ; c, natural length of Spider. 10. Stegosoma testudo (Cambr.), <j> . a, Spider, in profile, magnified; b, ditto, from the front; c, abdomen, from above ; d, maxillae, labium, and sternum ; e, natural length of Spider. 11. Stegosoma nasutum (Cambr.), <? & ? . a, Spider, magnified, from the front; b, ditto, in profile ; c, abdomen, from above; d, extremity of caput, in profile ; e, ditto, from the front, showing the position of the eyes ; /, natural length of male; g, ditto of female. 6. Notice of the Skeleton of the New-Zealand Right Whale (Macleayius australiensis) and other Whales, and other New-Zealand Marine Mammalia. By Dr. J. E. G R A Y, F.R.S. &c. [Received December 2, 1872.] Dr. Haast has sent to England the skeleton of a Whale from the coast of New Zealand. This skeleton is now exhibited in the collection of the British Museum. It was believed, when first imported, to be the New-Zealand Whale, described and figured by me in Dr. Dief-fenbach's 'Voyage' under the name of Balaena antipodarum,which has been formed into the genus Caperea on account of the peculiar shape of its ear-bones. The examination of the ear-bones at once showed that it was not of that species, and proved that there were two Right Whales inhabiting the coast of New Zealand. The ear-bone is so similar to that of Eubalcena australis in the PROC. ZOOL. Soc-1873, No. IX. 9 |