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sion. The limbs although strong are unguiculated, like those of the 

 Anoplura, and fitted for clinging rather than for regular progression ; 

 and its mandibles, retaining the jointed, jjediform structure of the 

 corresponding organs in the carnivorous Chi/opoda, are fitted for 

 piercing soft structures, rather than for triturating or for incising 

 their food. This fact, overlooked by the author in his former memoir, 

 novi' induced him to believe that the young Meloe pierces and preys 

 on the bee larva rather than that it subsists on its food. This he 

 believes also may hereafter prove to be the true habit of the larva 

 of most of the allied genera. 



Specimens of the larva and imago Stylops, and of the larva, nymph 

 and imago Meloe, were on the table for inspection. 



February 2. 



E. Forster, Esq., V.P., in the Chair. 



George Stacy Gibson, Esq., was elected a Fellow. 



Read an " Account of Gamoplexis, an undescribed genus of Or- 

 chideous Plants." By Hugh Falconer, M.D.. F.R.S., F.L.S. &c. &c. 



Tiib. GASTRODiEiE, R. Br. 

 Gen. Gamoplexis, Falc. 

 Perianthium moiiopliylhim, tubulosum, basi ventricosum; limbi breviter 

 6-lobi segmenta rotundata, antrorsum (torsione) subsecunda, exteviora 

 sequalia, inteviorum posticum (labellurn) pedicelli torsione anticum 

 lateralibus paulo inajus, caeteroquin consimile. Columna elongata, 

 erecta, semiteres, marginato-dilatata, apice tridentata cava, basi antice 

 incrassata stigmatifera. Anthera terminalis, mobilis, decidua, carnosa, 

 biloculaiis ; locuhs parallelis contiguis. Masses poUinis m (\\\o\\s\oQn\o 

 solitariae, e lobiilis majusculis granulatis laxe cobserentibus conflatce. 

 Glandula ant cnudicula nulla. — llcrha parasitica {I) aphylla, vaginata, 

 riifescens, habitu Orobancbcn quamdam omnino referens. Rhizoma 

 hypogcBum, tuberosum, annulatum, spongiosum. Racemus elongatus, 

 muUifiorus, prima nutans, demiini erectus. Floras mediocres, erecti, 

 pallide stramineo-virides vel ochroleuci. 

 Gamoplexis orobanchoides, Falc. MSS. cit. in Royle, Illusir. p. 364, et 

 in Lindl. Gen. ^- Spec, Orchid. PI. p. 384, absque charactere aut dejinitione. 

 Hab. in iimbrosis liuinidis inter Monies Emodenses ad alt. circiter ped. 

 7000 ; Dhunoultee, Tyne-Teeba, Simla, &c. Floret Julio et Augusto. 



After a detailed description of the plant, Dr. Falconer proceeds to 



