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144 DR. J. E. GRAY ON NEW-ZEALAND WHALES. [Jan. 21, 7. . Baleena antipodarum (ear-bones only), Van Beneden, Ost. Cet. t. iii. f. 12-14. Hab. New Zealand (ear-bones in Brussels Mus.). 8. MEGAPTERA NOVCE-ZEALANDICE. Megaptera novee-zealandiee, Gray, Catal. Seals and Whales, p. 128, f. 20 (ear-bone and os petrosum). Hab. New Zealand (ear-bone and os petrosum), Brit. Museum. The "Trigger" fin (Rorqualus, sp., of Knox, New Zeal. Inst. ii. p. 25), belongs to this family ; but the osteology was not studied, and no specimens have yet reached the British Museum. 9. ELECTRA CLANCULA. Electra clancula, Gray, Suppl. Catal. Seals and Whales, p. 77. Lagenorhynchus clanculus, Hector, Trans. N. Zeal. Inst. ii. 1870, p. 27. Delphinus superciliosus, Lesson (fide Malm). Hab. New Zealand. Skeleton, Mus. Wellington. 10. GLOBIOCEPHALUS MACRORHYNCHUS. Globiocephalus macrorhynchus, Gray, Catal. Seals and Whales, p. 320 ; Gervais, Ost. Ce't. t. 52 ; Hector, Trans. N. Z. Inst. ii. 1870, p. 38. Hab. New Zealand ; two skulls in Mus. Wellington. 11. BELUGA . ?, Hector, Ann. & Mag. N. H. 1872, ix. p. 438. Hab. New Zealand ; Wellington (Hector). This is very likely Beluga kingii, Gray, Catal. Seals and Whales, p. 300; Syn. Whales and Dolphins, p. 9, f. 7 (skull), of which we have a skull in the British Museum from Australia brought home by Capt. Parker King, R.N. 12. BERARDIUS ARNUXI. Berardius arnuxi, Gray, Catal. Seals and Whales, p. 348, fig. 70 (skull) ; Gervais, Osteogr. Cet. (skull) ; Knox and Hector, Trans. N. Zeal. Inst. ii. p. 27, hi. p. 125, f. 16 & 17; Haast, Trans. New Zeal. Inst. i. p. 190. Hab. New Zealand; Port Nicholson ; Porirna Harbour (Knox) ; Canterbury (Dr. Haast). Skeleton in Mus. Roy. Coll. Surg. The front of the lower jaw is slender, with a slightly curved outline in front and no marked gonyx. 13. BERARDIUS HECTORI. Berardius hectori, Gray, Ann. & Mag. N. Hist. 1871, viii. p. 117. Berardius arnuxii (part.), Knox and Hector, Trans. N. Z. Inst. iii. p. 108, f. 14 & 15. Hab. Cook's Straits ; Titai Bay (Knox). Length 9 feet.