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for those from Chirra Punji, to the friendship of Mr. J. W. Grant, of 

 Calcutta. I have also to acknowledge the liberality of Mr. Hodg- 

 son, the Hon. Company's Resident at the court of Nepal, who 

 allowed me to publish the undescribed specimens in his collection of 

 Nepalese serpents." 



LINN.EAN SOCIETY. 



Nov. 5, 1839.— Edward Forster, Esq., V.P., in the Chair. 



The Rev. William Wood, B.D., F.L.S., exhibited specimens of a 

 variety of Typha angustifolia, remarkable for its small size, and the 

 shortness of its female catkins, collected by himself in the extensive 

 marshes situate between Sandwich and Deal. 



Read, " Descriptions of some new Insects collected in Assam, by 

 William Griffith, Esq., Assistant Surgeon in the Madras Medical 

 Service." By the Rev. F. W. Hope, M.A., F.R.S. & L.S. 



The insects described in this paper, some of which are remarkable 

 for their size and splendid colours, were mostly collected in Assam 

 by Mr. Griffith, during the stay of the late Scientific Mission from 

 Calcutta, to which he was attached. They chiefly belong to the 

 longicorn beetles, and to the family of Lamiadce. The following are 

 the characters of the new genera and species : 



LAMIA. 

 1. L. Horsjieldii. 



Long. lin. 26 ; lat. lin. 8§. 



Corpus cinereum ; antennis corpore longioribus, elytrisque flavo-creta- 



ceis maculisque ornatis, antennae articulis tribus primis subscabris. 



This species, which has been named in compliment to Dr. Hors- 

 field, is the largest of the family, and is nearly related to L. catenata 

 of De Haan from Japan. 



G. N. EUOPLIA. 



Corpus subdepressum . Antenna lamias formes, fere ut in Omacantha. 

 Thorax utrinque spinosus, dorso punctulatus. Elytra depressa, api- 

 cibus 2-spinosis, spina suturali minore, lateraHbus majoribus. In re- 

 liquis Lamia convenit. 



1. C. polyspila. 



Besides the one enumerated, the author possesses five other species, 

 all natives of India, and which are still undescribed. 



G. N. OPLOPHORA. 

 Caput fere quadratum. Mandibulce falciformes. Antenna corpore paullo 

 longiores, articulis basi pallidis. Thorax utrinque armatus, dorso for- 

 titer rugoso, tuberculo in medio disci posito. Elytra thorace 4-plo lon- 

 giora, basi sinuata, subscabra, gradatim e humeris ad apicem magnis 

 tudine decresicentia, apicibus rotundatis. Corpus infra annulis abdo- 



