Bibliographical Notice. 413 



This is the smoothest species known to me ; the thorax has 

 the sides distinctly but obtusely angular and impressed, with- 

 out any projection before the front angles, the angles them- 

 selves slightly acute and diverging ; the elytra have the strige 

 scarcely noticeable, except at the apex ; the metasternum is 

 entirely smooth, including the sides. 



Mega thopa ce n e ico His . 



Oblongus, convexus, sat nitidus, seneus, piceo-tinctus ; capite pos- 

 tice punctata, medio laBviore, antice rugato ; thorace medio lawi, 

 lateribus et basi sat fortiter puuctatis, lateribus medio angulatis, 

 impressis, angulis anticis fere rectis ; elytris minus nitidis, sat 

 fortiter striatis, striis punctatis, interstitiis leviter convexis, sub- 

 tiHssime coriaceis piceo aenoque mutantibus ; stria octava basi 

 cariniformi ; pygidio piceo, fortiter punctato ; metasterno medio 

 lsevi, ad latera et antice fortiter parce punctato. 



Long. 6-J- lin. 



Hob. Brazil. 



This species is allied to M. columbica, Harold, but has the 

 sides of the thorax strongly punctured. 



BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTICE. 



Memoir on the Anatomy of the Humpback Whale (Megaptera lon- 

 gimana, Rudolphi). By John Stkttthees, M.D. Edinburgh : 

 Maclachlan & Stewart, 1889. 



In this volume Prof. Struthers gives us the various observations * 

 be made on the anatomy of the male Humpback Whale, 40 feet in 

 length, which for five or six weeks disported itself in the Tay, at 

 the end of 1883. The proximity of experienced whalers in Dundee, 

 however, at length proved fatal to the interesting cetacean, as it 

 fed on the young herrings and sprats, and other pelagic forms in the 

 estuary. It was harpooned on the last day of December, but in no 

 vital part, since the harpoons struck too high, and after a chase of twenty- 

 one hours, in which it exhibited remarkable strength and endurance, 

 the lines parted on the morning of 1st January and it was free. 

 Shock, loss of blood, and the exhaustion of the chase, for it dragged 

 for a time a steam-tug, a steam-launch, and two rowing-boats, 

 proved too much for it, and it would seem to have died shortly 

 afterwards without again venturing into St. Andrews Bay, other- 

 wise the destination of the skeleton might have been different. 



* Which appeared in the ' Journal of Anatomy and Physiology,' 



1887-1889. 



