172 Linnean Society. [March 2 & 16, 



March 2. 



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

 Thomas Thomson, Esq., jun., M.D., was elected a Fellow. 



The Hon. Mr. Hope, on the part of Mr. Scott and at the request 

 of the President, exhibited numerous drawings prepared for an in- 

 tended work on " Australian Lepidoptera and their Transformations, 

 drawn from the Life by Harriet and Helena Scott, with Descriptions, 

 General and Systematic, by A. W. Scott, M.A." Of this work an 

 account had been given by W. Swainson, Esq., F.L.S., in the 

 " Sydney Morning Herald " for the 30th of August last ; from which 

 the Secretary read extracts, showing the great novelty and interest 

 attaching to many of the subjects, more especially with reference to 

 the transformations of the several species figured. 



Mr. Adam White, F.L.S., exhibited specimens preserved in spirit 

 of Eurostus validus, Dallas, collected by Mr. Fortune in China, and 

 made some observations on the importance of colour as a character 

 in various departments of zoology, especially as dependent upon, 

 and consequently indicative of, structure. 



Read, a continuation of Mr. Joseph Woods's " Botanical Notes 

 made during a Tour in France." 



March 16. 

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



Read, the conclusion of Mr. Joseph Woods's " Botanical Notes 

 made during a Tour in France." 



Read also a " Notice of the habits of Myrmica domestica, Shuck., 

 together with some account of a means of turning the industry of 

 this minute Ant to account in the preparation of Skeletons of small 

 animals." By George Daniell, Esq, Communicated by the Secre- 

 tary. 



