Excerpt from Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute, 1887, Vol. 20 The following has been received from Professor Jeffery Parker, as an addendum to his paper On a Specimen of Rega lecus recently stranded in Otago Harbour (see pp. 20 - 29) I regret having missed hitherto an important figure and description of Regalecus by Mr. E. L. Layard, in the Proceedings of the Zoological Society for May 28th, 1868. The specimen IS called Gymnetms capensis and was 10 feet 2 inches long. The ventral fins were perfect, and show both the terminal cutaneous expansion and the small dorsal lobe figured by Cuvier, at the junction of the middle and posterior thirds. The general features of the crest are correctly shown, and the pink spots on it are men tioned. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.