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August 25, 1835. 



William Yarrell, Esq., in the Cliair. 



A letter vvas read, addressed to the Secretary by Captain Manby, 

 R, N., dated Yarmouth, Aug. 22, 1835, and announcing the strand- 

 ing of an enormous whale, near Southwold in SufFolk, on the 19th 

 of August. Captain Manby statės that it is of the species denomi- 

 nated by LinnEeus, Balcena Physalus. 



Drawings were exhibited of three Fishes captured at Port Praya, 

 by Capt. P. P. King, R.N., Corr. Memb. Z. S. They were commu- 

 nicated by Mr. Broderip. They comprised representations oi Ser- 

 ranus tceniops, Cuv.&YiA.; Sargus Jasciatus,^or.; and an Acan- 

 thiirus, apparently hitherto undescribed, the 



AcANTHURUS Kingu. Ac. purpureo-virescens, supra lineis azureis 

 undulatis interruptis numerosis longitudmaliter notatus ; oper- 

 culoriim margine, pinnce pectoralis maculd, dorsalis basi, macu' 

 luqiie ovali spinam caudalem cingente riifescenti-Jtavis : pinud 

 caudali lunafd. 



D. 10 + 27. A. 3 + 25. P. 17. V. 1 + 5. C. 16. 



Long. tot. 12^unc. , alt. corporis, 4|^; \ox\g. r adiorum pinnce dor- 

 salis, \ą ; lat. inter oculos, 1, ad pinnas pectorales, 1|. 



Besides the markings enumerated, there is a blue line at the 

 loner part of the soft portion of the dorsal fin, separating it frora 

 tlie reddish yellow streak of its base. The branchial rays are red- 

 dish yellovv. 



The teeth are eighteen above and sixteen below : they are cre- 

 nated and closely set. The scales are small, ovate, square at the 

 outer niargin, and minutely serrated. 



The following Notės, by Mr. Ovven, on the anatomy of the Kin~ 

 kajou, Cercoleptes caitdivolvidus, 111., were read. 



" The anatomy of an animal \vhich is the sole representative of its 

 genus, and which, in its external form and habits, manifests a rela- 

 tionship with genera belonging to two different orders of its class, 

 mušt ahvays be a desirable addition to zoological science. The 

 death of the Kinltajou, which has been for the last two or three 

 years in the Menagerie, has afforded the opportunity of determining 

 the natūrai affinities of a somewhat anomalous form, and of thus 

 compensating in some degree the loss of a living specimen, by the 



