328 Mr. A. Doran on the Capture of a Right Whale. 



yellow spots — one (a large one) in the cell, one at the apex 

 trifid, one between this and the outer margin, one divided by 

 the second median nervule, and the fifth near the inner margin. 

 Posterior wing with three orange-yellow spots — one partly in 

 the cell bifid, and two below it. 



Underside. Anterior wing as above, except that the costal 

 margin from the base to the middle is orange, and that the 

 nervures near the outer margin are yellow. Posterior wing 

 yellow, spotted throughout with black : a band of black near 

 and parallel to the inner margin. 



Exp. 1y\, inch. 



Hah. Nyassa {Thehoall and Simons). 



Nearest to C Makomo. 



Cyclopides Dardaris. 



Alls utrinque fuscis : anticis macula media triangulari punctisque 

 tribus minutis hyalinis albis : posticis punctis duobus albis in 

 medio positis : ambarum infra marginibus flavis : posticis punctis 

 nonnullis flavis. 



Upperside dark brown, with the fringe rufous-white. Ante- 

 rior wing with four Avhite transparent spots — one central 

 (rather large, triangular, bifid) , the other three very minute, 

 two near the apex, and one below them. Posterior wing with 

 two small central white spots. 



Underside as above, except that both wings have the outer 

 margin and the end of the nervures yellow, and that the pos- 

 terior wing is marked by several yellow spots. 



Exp. yjj inch. 



Hob. Mexico. 



XLI. — Capture of a Right Whale in the Mediterranean. 

 By Alban Doean. 



An interesting monograph has been recently published by 

 Professor Capellini of Bologna, entitled " Delia Balena di 

 Taranto, confrontata con quelle della Nuova Zelanda e con 

 talune fossili del Belgio e della Toscana." From a perusal 

 of this treatise it appears that on Feb. 9th of this year a whale 

 was observed in the Gulf of Taranto by Mr. Ferdinand 

 Hueber. This gentleman called the attention of some sailors 

 to the cetacean ; and it was at length killed close to the town 

 of Taranto, after being repeatedly fired at and finally disabled 

 by a dynamite cartridge. 



