1847.] Linnean Society. 327 



1. S. lata, floribus corymbosis, bracteis pedicello duplo brevioribus, pe- 

 talis intus glabris, foliis membranaceis planis. 



Samara Iseta, L., Sw. Sfc. • 



Hub. in China. 



2. S. undulata, floribus racemosis, bracteis pedicello miilto brevioribus* 

 petalis intus glabris, foliis membranaceis undulatis. 



Myrsine ? undulata, Wall, in Roxb. Fl. Ind. i. p. 299. 

 Choripetalum vmdulatum, Alph. DeC. in Linn. Trans, xvii. p. 131. 

 Hab. in Nepalia. 



3. S. viridiflora, floribus racemosis, bracteis pedicello duplo brevioribus, 

 petalis subacutis intus subvelutinis, foliis subcoriaceis. 



Choripetalum viridiflorum, Alph. DeC. Prodr. viii. p. 88. 

 Hab. in Java. 



4. ^S*. aurantiaca, floribus spicato-racemosis, bracteis pedicellum fere supe- 

 rantibus, petalis intus velutinis, foliis coriaceis. 



Myrsine? aurantiaca, Wall, in Roxb. Fl. Ind. i. p. 300, 

 Choripetalum aurantiacum, Alph. DeC. in Linn. Trans, xvii. p. 131. 

 Hab. in Peninsula Indiae Orientalis, ad Quilon. 



5. S. atiopunctata, floribus racemosis, bracteolis pedicello florigero duplo 

 longioi-ibus, petalis obtusis intiis glabris, foliis coriaceis. 



Hab. in Peninsula Indiae Orientalis, ad Quilon. 



Of the stability of this latter species, however, although apparently 

 distinct from S. aurantiaca in the characters given. Dr. Arnott en- 

 tertains some doubts. 



April 6. 



R. Brown, Esq., V.P., in the Chair. 



Robert M' Andrew, Esq., and James Forbes Young, Esq., M.D., 

 were elected Fellows. 



Read a " Note on Cryptophagus cellaris, Payk." By George New- 

 port, Esq., F.R.S., F.L.S. &c. 



The author states that in his first memoir on Meloe he described a 

 larva, of which he had found three specimens in the cell of Antho- 

 phora retusa, and which, although they were of small size, he then 

 thought might ultimately prove to be the young of Meloe, at a pe- 

 riod of growth between that in which it is now known to come from 



