1850.] Linnean Society. 101 



Cer. (Arthropterus) brevis ; nigro-piceus nitidus Isevis, capita punctatc> 

 ^ntennis ]atis ; niargine aiitico subrecto ; margine supero vel postico ser- 

 rate, prothorace cordato-truncato linea media tenui longitudinali im- 

 pressa disco tenuissime punctato, elytris brevibus fere Isevibus nitidis, 

 tibiis anticis apice subemarginato angulo apicali acuto ; tibiis quatuor 

 posticis apice externo obtuse rotundatis. — Long. corp. lin. 3. 

 Hah. in Australasia. In Mus. Hist. Nat. Paris. (Verreaux) et Westw. 

 (Mossman). 



November 19. 



Robert Brown, Esq., President, in the Chair. 



Dr. Pereira, F.L.S., exhibited a specimen in fruit of the species 

 of Myrospermum which yields the Balsam of Peru and White Balsam, 

 from the Balsam Coast, San Salvador ; together with samples of both 

 kinds of Balsam and of a new chemical principle {Myroxocarpine) 

 obtained from the White Balsam. 



Read the commencement of " A Memoir on the Position of the 

 Carpels when two and when single, including Outlines of a new 

 Method of Arrangement of the Orders of Exogens, and observations 

 on the structure of Ovaries consisting of a single Carpel." By- 

 Benjamin Clarke, Esq., F.L.S. &c. 



December 3. 



Robert Brown, Esq., President, in the Chair. 



John Hutchinson, Esq., and Samuel Stevens, Esq., were elected 

 Fellows. 



Read a continuation of Mr. Clarke's " Memoir on the Position of 



the Caipels," &c. 



