Zoological Society. 301: 
lato, elytris lineis 3 nigris insignitis, sutura latiori, lateribus punctatis, 
punctis duplici serie ad disci medium fortissimé insculptis. 
A new genus belonging to the Saperdiide, to which family the 
Lamia nigricornis is also referrible, besides several other types of 
undescribed genera. 
ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 
February 11, 1840.—The Rev. J. Barlow in the Chair. 
A letter addressed to the Secretary by Sir John McNeill, and dated 
January 31, 1840, was read. It related to the two Persian Deer 
presented by that gentleman to the Society’s menagerie, and con- 
tained an answer to some inquiries from the Secretary respecting 
them. 
The letter states that this species of Deer is called by the Persians, 
Maral, or Gevezu, or Goo Koohee, and is frequently noticed in their 
literature. It is found in all the wooded mountainous districts of Per- 
sia, but apparently does not occur in the central parts of the country. 
The Persian Deer ‘‘ rarely descend into the plains. During the 
summer they are found in the highest wooded parts of the mountains, 
and during the winter in the lower ravines near their bases, where 
they are frequently tracked in the snow. 
**The horns of the adult male closely resemble those of the Red 
Deer of this country, insomuch that I doubt whether an unscientific 
observer could distinguish them, unless by the superior size of those 
of the Maral.” 
Mr. Yarrell communicated to the meeting, on the part of R. H. 
Sweeting, Esq., some facts relating to a female Rorqual Whale (Ba- 
lenoptera boops of authors), which was stranded near high-water- 
mark at Charmouth, Dorsetshire, early in the morning of Wednesday, 
February 5th, 1840. 
The whole length was 44 feet. 
PO nope tue 5) 4's 21 — 
Breadth of tail .... 9 — 
Probable weight from twenty to twenty-five tons. 
The jaws long and slender, but not sharp, the tip obtuse and con- 
vex; the upper jaw the shortest, and received, when the mouth is 
closed, within the lower jaw, which projected nine inches beyond it. 
The plates of whalebone amount to upwards of 250 on each side of 
the jaw ; the palate and tongue of a pale pink colour; no warts about 
the lips. The back black ; the under surface of the body white ; the 
throat plicated. The nostrils or blow-holes are two longitudinal 
fissures, the anterior points nearly touching, but diverging posteri- 
orly to a distance of three inches, and separated by a furrow. The 
opening of the eye six inches in length, from canthus to angle; the 
bony socket from anterior to posterior margin is eight inches ; eye- 
ball seven inches; the pupil oval; the irides hazel. There was not 
the slightest appearance of eyelashes, which some authors state 
whales possess. 
