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Miscellaneous Notices. 
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It was resolved that the acknowledgments of the Society, and a copy of the Re- 
searches be presented to his Majesty the King of Oude ; and the thanks of the So- 
ciety be given to Yatimad-ud-Dowla and Mr. Ricketts, and that a Committee be 
formed to carry the resolution into effect. . _ _ . , 
Extracts were read from a letter addressed to Mr. Fraser by Dr. Gerard, relatne 
to Mr Csomo De-Koros*. It was resolved to settle a certain monthly allowance 
upon Mr. Csomo, and that a supply of books likely to be serviceable to lus researches, 
as far as procurable in Calcutta, be sent him. , , „ , , 
The coat, cap, and staff used by Byragees, were presented by Baboo Ramkomol 
Sll A n ietter was read from Mr. Martin, presenting a cast of the face of a native of 
New Holland, and a specimen of the gum of the Acacia Mimosa of that country. 
A specimen of the stonef used for Lithographic printing in Tibet, and of the print- 
ing, were presented, through Sir C. T. Metcalfe, by Dr. Gerard. 
A letter was read from Mr. Grant, presenting copy of an inscription taken from the 
walls of an old temple at Nhiatrang, in Cochin China, by Captain Ross. 
The Meteorological Registers for April and May were presented by Captain Her- 
DcIIm _ __ _ . 
The following books were received from the American Philosophical Society : 
Transactions of the Society, Vol 3 — Articles 2 to 9. Elliot’s Botany — Tracts. From 
M. Klaproth : Etude Comparative des Langues. From M. Marcoz : Astronomic So- 
laire d’Hipparque. From Chevalier de Goulianoff: Essaisnrles Hieroglyphesd’Hor- 
apollion. From A. Von Hammer ; Origines Russes t and Reponse a Tutundjon Ag- 
lou. From the Asiatic Society of Paris : Journal Asiatiquc, Nos. 7 to 10. From 
Maulavi Abdul Hakeem : a Grammar of the Arabic language. Baboo Sibchandra 
Das presented a Map of the Geography of the Puranas. 
Class of Natural History and Physics , 
Wednesday, 1511i July. 
Honourable Sir E. Ryan in the Chair. 
A Geological Sketch of Assam and Sylhet, and three boxes of minerals, were pre- 
sented on the part of Mr. Scott. 
A letter was read from Mr. Duff, accompanying some specimens of minerals col- 
lected by the late Dr. Carr, in an expedition across the Goomadong Hills, which 
separate Ava from Assam ; among these specimens, (which were chiefly collected in 
the mountain streams,) is the tooth of a Mastodon in good preservation. 
A letter was read from Captain Franklin, noticing his near approach to Jubbul- 
pore, and the connection of his present with his former survey. 
A paper by Mr. J . Tytler was read, giving an account of the preparation of Ok- 
ie ere, or a kind of wax for candles, &c. from castor oil, hardened by nitric acid. 
A paper by Captain J. D. Herbert was read, noticing geological specimens from 
the Cossyah Hills in Assam. 
A paper was presented by Captain Herbert from Colonel Hodgson andMonsr. De 
Blosville, on the inclination and declination of the magnetic needle. 
A paper was presented from Lieutenant J. Finnis, giving a summary description 
of the geology of the country between Hoshungabad and Nagpore, with specimen* 
of the rocks. 
V. — Miscellaneous Notices. 
1 . On an Acid Secretion in a Species of Beetle. 
On the morning of the 19th ultimo, I perceived two apterous beetles upon the 
ground, and wishing to procure one, I alighted for that purpose. On stooping 
down, however, I felt a smarting on my face, similar to that occasioned by the 
action of some strong acid upon the skin ; and a pungent acid odour, like that of 
aromatic vinegar, was diffused around. At first 1 imagined, that the acid odour 
might arise from some accidental cause ; but on proceeding a litde farther on, 
1 mund another insect of the same species on the ground, and a mile onward a 
tourth, on the trunk of a rnangoe tree. This last, on being taken, emitted from the 
mouth two or three drops of a chocolate coloured acid fluid, with the same acid 
* The substance of this communication will be found in our 4th Number. 
T It appeared to be a line-grained chlorito-argillaceous schist. 
